Fast direct melting of brackish sea-ice samples results in biologically more accurate results than slow buffered melting

Polar Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1811-1822

  Rintala, Janne Markus ^a,b,c   Piiparinen, Jonna ^a,c   Blomster, Jaanika ^b   Majaneva, Markus ^a,b,c   Müller, Susann ^a,b   Uusikivi, Jari ^a,b,c   Autio, Riitta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Buffered melting; Chlorophyll a; Direct melting; Primary production; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CHLOROPHYLL A; MELTING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROTOZOAN; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SEA ICE; SEAWATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ALGAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84919914071     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: 14322056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-014-1563-1     Document Type: Article

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