Evaluation of double formalin - Lugol's fixation in assessing number and biomass of ciliates: An example of estimations at mesoscale in NE Atlantic

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 349-358

  Karayanni, Hera ^a,b   Christaki, Urania ^b,c   Van Wambeke, France ^a   Dalby, Andrew P ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Double formalin; Lugol's fixation

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; FORMALDEHYDE; LUGOL;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOMASS; CELL LOSS; CHLOROPLAST; CILIATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAXON; TINTINNUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; TINTINNUS;

EID: 1142297443     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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