Precision of bacterioplankton biomass determination: A comparison of two fluorescent dyes, and of allometric and linear volume-to-carbon conversion factors

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-63

  Posch, Thomas ^a   Loferer Krößbacher, Maria ^a   Gao, Guang ^a   Alfreider, Albin ^a   Pernthaler, Jakob ^a   Psenner, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacterial size; Epifluorescence direct counting; Volume to carbon conversion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0035839323     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame025055     Document Type: Article

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