On the use of the FluoroProbe®, a phytoplankton quantification method based on fluorescence excitation spectra for large-scale surveys of lakes and reservoirs

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1771-1784

  Catherine, A ^a,b   Escoffier, N ^a,c   Belhocine, A ^a   Nasri, A B ^a   Hamlaoui, S ^a   Yepremian C ^a   Bernard, C ^a   Troussellier, M ^d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass; Chlorophyll a; Community composition; Phytoplankton; Pigment Antennae

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; DATA ACQUISITION; FLUORESCENCE; LAKES; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION SPECTRA; PHOTOHETEROTROPHIC GROWTHS; PHYTOPLANKTON BIO-VOLUME; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

CHLOROPHYLL; PHYCOERYTHRIN;

ANTENNA; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; PROBE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUGLENIDA; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUOROPROBE; FRANCE; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOAUTOTROPH; PHOTOHETEROTROPH; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STRAMENOPILE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE;

APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; CHROMOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EPINEPHELUS MORIO; EUGLENIDA; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 84857107978     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.12.056     Document Type: Article

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