Precision of different methods used for estimating the abundance of the nitrogen-fixing marine cyanobacterium, Trichodesmium ehrenberg

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 215-224

  Chang, Jeng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Nitrogen fixation; Plankton nets; Sampling design; Subsampling; Trichodesmium; Water bottles

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESTIMATION METHOD;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; SEA; WATER SAMPLING;

TRICHODESMIUM EHRENBERG;

EID: 0034653306     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(99)00163-X     Document Type: Article

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