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A method for the determination of chlorophyll a in samples containing degradation products 1
Author(s) -
Whitney David E.,
Darley W. Marshall
Publication year - 1979
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.1979.24.1.0183
Subject(s) - degradation (telecommunications) , chlorophyll a , chlorophyll , environmental science , environmental chemistry , remote sensing , chemistry , biology , botany , geology , computer science , telecommunications
The traditional spectrophotometric acidification technique used to measure Chl a in the presence of pheopigments is improved by addition of a phase‐separation step which removes chlorophyllides and pheophorbides.