Development of a Fluorometric Sensor for the Measurement of Phycobilin Pigment and Application to Freshwater Phytoplankton

Field Analytical Chemistry and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-61

  Asai, Ryoichi ^a   McNiven, Scott ^a,d   Ikebukuro, Kazunori ^a   Karube, Isao ^a   Horiguchi, Yasuo ^b   Uchiyama, Shuichi ^b   Yoshida, Akira ^c   Masuda, Yuzo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d Akebono Brake R and D Center Co L   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluorescence sensor; Microcystis aeruginosa; Phycocyanin; Water bloom

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0034383496     PISSN: 1086900X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6521(2000)4:1<53::aid-fact6>3.0.co;2-c     Document Type: Article

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