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Fluorescent microparticles: A new way of visualizing sedimentation and larval settlement
Author(s) -
Lindegarth Mats,
Jonsson Per R.,
André Carl
Publication year - 1991
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.1991.36.7.1471
Subject(s) - benthic zone , sedimentation , settling , larva , settlement (finance) , microfluidics , fluorescence , biology , environmental science , ecology , nanotechnology , environmental engineering , materials science , computer science , sediment , physics , paleontology , world wide web , payment , quantum mechanics
Methods for preparing fluorescently labeled microparticles and bivalve larvae ( Cerastoderma edule ) are presented. The labeling is cheap, easy, and allows production of great quantities of fluorescent microparticles and larvae. Fluorescent visualization can be used as a tool to analyze hydrodynamical processes in the benthic boundary layer and to directly observe behavioral patterns in settling larvae.