High-resolution fluorometer for mapping microscale phytoplankton distributions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 4475-4478

  Doubell, Mark J ^a   Seuront, Laurent ^a,b   Seymour, Justin R ^a   Patten, Nicole L ^c   Mitchell, James G ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FLUOROMETERS; MAPPING; MICROBIOLOGY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

FLUORESCENCE DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH-RESOLUTION FLUOROMETER; MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CHLOROPHYLL;

FLUOROMETRY; MAPPING METHOD; OPEN OCEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL SIZE; DIODE LASER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETER; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT PATCHINESS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; CHLOROPHYLL; PHYTOPLANKTON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 33745139476     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02959-05     Document Type: Article

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