Can an optical plankton counter produce reasonable estimates of zooplankton abundance and biovolume in water with high detritus?

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 137-150

  Zhang, X ^b   Roman, M ^b   Sanford, A ^b   Adolf, H ^b   Lascara, C ^a   Burgett, R ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOVOLUME; DETRITUS; ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARY; MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; PARTICLE; PLANKTON COUNTER; POPULATION STRUCTURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DETRITUS; ESTIMATION METHOD; OPTICAL METHOD; ZOOPLANKTON;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; CHOPTANK RIVER ESTUARY; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMIA;

EID: 0033969406     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/22.1.137     Document Type: Article

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