Use of high temperature catalytic oxidation (HTCO) to measure carbon content of microorganisms

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 273-280

  Pelegrí, Sílvia P ^a   Dolan, John ^a   Rassoulzadegan, Fereidoun ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biovolume; Carbon content; Conversion factor; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001680570     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame016273     Document Type: Article

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