Identification and quantification of phytoplankton groups in lakes using new pigment ratios - A comparison between pigment analysis by HPLC and microscopy

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1474-1485

  Schluter L ^a,c   Lauridsen, T L ^b   Krogh, G ^a   Jorgensen T ^a  

^a DHI Water and Environment ^*  (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c DHI   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CHEMTAX; HPLC; Microscopy; Phytoplankton; Pigments

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHLOROPHYLL A; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROSCOPY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOFTWARE;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ALGAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33746256138     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01582.x     Document Type: Article

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