A new class of transparent organic particles in seawater visualized by a novel fluorescence approach

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 307-321

  Samo, Ty J ^a   Malfatti, Francesca ^a   Azam, Farooq ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldan Blue; Seawater; SYBR Gold fluorescencebased visualization; Transparent organic particles

Indexed keywords

EID: 59049099866     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01251     Document Type: Article

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