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DENSITY GRADIENT SEPARATION OF PLANKTON AND CLAY FROM RIVER WATER 1
Author(s) -
Lammerst William T.
Publication year - 1962
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.1962.7.2.0224
Subject(s) - organic matter , plankton , radionuclide , colloid , sedimentation , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , sediment , chemistry , geology , environmental chemistry , oceanography , physics , geomorphology , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
A method involving centrifugation is described by which lake or river water can be fractioned into noncolloidal organic matter, noncolloidal inorganic matter, colloids, and solutes. These isolated fractions may then be analyzed for radionuclide accumulation both qualitatively and quantitatively.