Correction of zooplankton and benthos biomass under-estimations from formaldehyde-preserved samples

Archive of Fishery and Marine Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-148

  Pakhomov, Evgeny A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORMALDEHYDE; PRESERVATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037277909     PISSN: 09441921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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