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Measurement of Phytoplankton Population by the Pigment Extraction Method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

A. C. Gardiner
Affiliation:
The Laboratories, Metropolitan Water Board, London

Extract

1. In order that the Harvey method shall estimate without avoidable error the concentration of marine or freshwater phytoplankton, it is essential, firstly

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1943

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