Open AccessDetermining Inorganic and Organic Phosphorus
Author(s) -
Jaana Koistinen,
Mervi Sjöblom,
Kristian Spilling
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
methods in molecular biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Book series
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.711
H-Index - 152
eISSN - 1940-6029
pISSN - 1064-3745
DOI - 10.1007/7651_2017_104
Subject(s) - phosphorus , environmental chemistry , chemistry , particulates , environmental science , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry
Phosphorus (P) is a macronutrient for all microalgal species, and the main form of uptake is orthophosphate (PO 4 ). In this chapter we present a colorimetric method for determining the PO 4 concentration and dissolved organic phosphorus (DOP) based on total phosphorus (TP) measurements. We also describe a method for determining particulate organic phosphorus (POP) based on the same principles.
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