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A Simple Counting Chamber for Nannoplankton 1
Author(s) -
LUND J. W. G.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1959.4.1.0057
Subject(s) - simple (philosophy) , tube (container) , poisson distribution , series (stratigraphy) , computer science , mathematics , statistics , geology , engineering , mechanical engineering , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology
A simply made, cheap chamber for counting nannoplankton is described with detailed instructions for maintenance, use, and testing its accuracy. If certain precautions are taken the results of counts made therein are distributed according to the Poisson series. The chamber itself is simply a rectangular tube.