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A method for obtaining more precise measures of excreted organic carbon 1
Author(s) -
McKinley Kelton R.,
Ward Amelia K.,
Wetzel Robert G.
Publication year - 1977
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.1977.22.3.0570
Subject(s) - carbon 14 , liquid scintillation counting , macrophyte , total organic carbon , carbon fibers , environmental chemistry , environmental science , scintillation counter , chemistry , phytoplankton , chromatography , mathematics , ecology , biology , nutrient , computer science , organic chemistry , algorithm , physics , telecommunications , quantum mechanics , detector , composite number
A new method for concentrating and measuring excreted organic carbon by lyophilization and scintillation counting is efficient, improves measurable radioactivity, and increases precision for estimates of organic carbon excreted by phytoplankton and macrophytes.