Particle tracking in a salinity gradient: A method for measuring sinking rate of individual phytoplankton in the laboratory

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 329-335

  O'Brien, Katherine R ^a   Waite, Anya M ^a   Alexander, Bridget L ^a   Perry, Karen A ^b   Neumann, Luis E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 44649103993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2006.4.329     Document Type: Article

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