Effects of long-term sample preservation on flow cytometric analysis of natural populations of pico-and nanophytoplankton

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 903-908

  Sato, Mitsuhide ^a   Takeda, Shigenobu ^a   Furuya, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Natural community; Phytoplankton; Preservation

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 33751012684     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-006-0107-x     Document Type: Article

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