Flow cytometric determination of size and complex refractive index for marine particles: Comparison with independent and bulk estimates

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 526-541

  Green, Rebecca E ^a   Sosik, Heidi M ^a   Olson, Robert J ^a   Durand, Michele D ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT SCATTERING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIZE DETERMINATION;

FLOW CYTOMETRIC DETERMINATION;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 0037455452     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.000526     Document Type: Article

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