Sampling, preservation and quantification of biological samples from highly acidic environments (pH ≤3)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 433, Issue , 2000, Pages 173-180

  Woelfl, S ^a   Whitton B, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidic; Actinophrys; Algae; Biota; Chlamydomonas; Diatoms; Fixation; Oxytricha; Pr otozoa; Preservation; Rotifers

Indexed keywords

ACIDOPHILY; MICROORGANISM; PRESERVATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

ACTINOPHRYS; ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CILIOPHORA; HELIOZOA; OXYTRICHA; PROTISTA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0033792328     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004099527441     Document Type: Article

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