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WATER QUALITY - GUIDANCE STANDARD ON THE ENUMERATION OF PHYTOPLANKTON USING INVERTED MICROSCOPY (UTERMOHL TECHNIQUE)

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Hardcopy , PDF

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English

Published date

01-01-2006

Publisher

National Standards Authority of Ireland

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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Principle
5 Equipment and preservatives
6 Sample processing
7 Counting procedure
8 Quantitative validation
9 Measurement uncertainty
Annex A (informative) Optical characteristics of inverted
microscopes
Annex B (informative) Sample treatment
Annex C (informative) Phytoplankton analysis strategies
Annex D (informative) Identification
Annex E (informative) Use of conventional compound
microscopes
Annex F (informative) Statistical procedure
Bibliography

Describes a general procedure for the estimation of abundance and taxonomic composition of marine and freshwater phytoplankton by using inverted light microscopy and sedimentation chambers, including the preceding steps of preservation and storage.

DocumentType	Standard
Pages	44
PublisherName	National Standards Authority of Ireland
Status	Current

Standards	Relationship
DIN EN 15204 E : 2006	Identical
DIN EN 15204:2006-12	Identical
UNE-EN 15204:2007	Identical
BS EN 15204:2006	Identical
EN 15204:2006	Identical
UNI EN 15204 : 2006	Identical