(Table 1) Microplankton biomass determined from ATP and by microscopy

DOI

Simultaneous determinations of the microplankton biomass by direct microscopy and by measuring concentration of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in samples from different depths of the Eastern Pacific revealed considerable differences between values obtained. With the exception of 3 of 62 determinations, the biomass determined from ATP exceeded that measured by microscopy; the latter averaged about 10% of the former for the region as a whole. This sharp difference is largely due to underestimation of ultramicroscopic cells by direct microscopy and to substantial variations in the factor used to convert ATP concentrations to cell biomass.

Supplement to: Mel'nikov, Igor A (1976): Comparison of microplankton biomass determined from ATP and by direct microscopy. Oceanology, 16, 181-183

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.742602
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.742602
Provenance
Creator Mel'nikov, Igor A
Publisher PANGAEA
Contributor P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Publication Year 1976
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
OpenAccess true
Representation
Resource Type Supplementary Dataset; Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 124 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-130.717W, -12.550S, -78.707E, 7.883N); Southeast Pacific