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Use of a BOD oxygen probe for estimating primary productivity 1
Author(s) -
CZAPLEWSKI RAYMOND L.,
PARKER MICHAEL
Publication year - 1973
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.1973.18.1.0152
Subject(s) - replicate , bottle , oxygen , photosynthesis , environmental science , remote sensing , environmental chemistry , chemistry , statistics , mathematics , materials science , geology , organic chemistry , composite material , biochemistry
The accuracy of a BOD oxygen probe for field measurements of primary production by the light and dark bottle oxygen technique is analyzed. A figure is presented with which to estimate the number of replicate bottles needed to obtain a given accuracy in estimating photosynthetic rates.