Limnology and Oceanography · 1976 · 57 citations · 5 references
Life SciencesMarine BiologyMarine SciencesMarine EcologyPhycologyPlankton EcologyAlgal EcologyAlgal PhysiologyMarine ProductivityPhytoplankton EcologyLiquid Scintillation CountingPhytoplankton Growth RatesPhytoplankton ProductionPhytoplankton ProductivityPhytoplankton Species CompositionQuantitative AutoradiographyQuantitative DeterminationScintillation
Track autoradiography permits quantitative determination of 14 C fixation rates of individual phytoplankton species within natural communities following in situ incubations. Rates measured are comparable with those obtained by liquid scintillation counting. Procedures are described and an example of field results is presented.
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