Cytometry of freshwater phytoplankton

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 2004, Issue 75, 2004, Pages 375-407

  Toepel, Jörg ^a   Wilhelm, Christian ^a   Meister, Armin ^b   Becker, Annette ^c   Martinez Ballesta, Maria Del Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^c Erftverband   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; FRESH WATER; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; DNA; ECOSYSTEM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; FRESH WATER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 16644389589     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(04)75015-3     Document Type: Article

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