Published February 1985 | Version v1
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Application of the serial dilution technique to estimate the biomass of N2-fixing blue-green algae under field conditions

Creators

  • 1. Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer (ORSTOM), Dakar (Senegal)

Description

The serial-dilution method developed to estimate algal biomass in field samples is described. This method is illustrated by a transect experiment in a dry rice field. It shows a log-normal distribution law for algal material. The effect of taxon volume unit, enumeration and sampling on the accuracy of the method is determined. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
The role of isotopes in studies on nitrogen fixation and nitrogen cycling by blue-green algae and the Azolla-Anabaena azollae association
Imprint Pagination
164 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 119-127.
Report number
IAEA-TECDOC--325

Conference

Title
Consultants meeting on the role of isotopes in studies on nitrogen fixation and nitrogen cycling by blue-green algae and their associations.
Dates
11-15 Oct 1982.
Place
Vienna (Austria).

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
16050012
Subject category
S60: APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIA; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
Descriptors DEC
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA; ENERGY SOURCES; INFORMATION; MICROORGANISMS; NUMERICAL DATA; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES