Counting and sizing preserved Daphnia with the Optical Plankton Counter

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 485-493

  Kessler, Kirsten ^a   Lampert, Winfried ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automatic counting; Automatic sizing; Calibration; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

INSTRUMENTATION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA HYALINA;

EID: 0038373541     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2003/0156-0485     Document Type: Article

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