The estimation of the abundance of ultraplankton
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- 30 June 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in British Phycological Journal
- Vol. 8 (2) , 135-146
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00071617300650151
Abstract
Methods of assessing the amount of ultraplankton in the surface waters of the sea are discussed with particular reference to their use on board ship. A fluorometric technique for the determination of the amount of chlorophyll a produced by the ultraplankton is described, together with a method for estimating the relative amounts of net-plankton and ultraplankton. It is shown that in the Barents Sea, and some other northern waters, the ultraplankton may at times contribute over 90% of the total chlorophyll a in the water.Keywords
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