Extraction of chlorophyll a from biological soil crusts: A comparison of solvents for spectrophotometric determination

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 853-856

  Castle, Sarah C ^a   Morrison, Conor D ^a   Barger, Nichole N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetone; Biological soil crust; Chlorophyll a; Dimethyl sulfoxide; DMSO; Ethanol; Methanol

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; CHLOROPHYLL A; DMSO; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC DETERMINATION; SUCCESSIONAL STAGES;

ACETONE; CHLOROPHYLL; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHANOL; EXTRACTION; METHANOL; SOILS;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

ACETONE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; ETHANOL; EXTRACTION; METHANOL; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL CRUST; SOIL TEST; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 79951683421     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.11.025     Document Type: Article

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