Disintegration of aggregates and coccospheres in sediment trap samples

Bairbakhish, A. N., Bollmann, J., Sprengel, Claudia and Thierstein, H. R. ;

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csprengel [ at ] awi-bremerhaven.de

Abstract

A method for non-destructive disaggregation of coccoliths contained in fecal pellets, marine snow and on coccospheres is described. It consists of repeatedchemical oxidation of organic material with (NaClO and H2O2) combined with brief periods of ultrasonification.

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Article

Authors

Bairbakhish, A. N., Bollmann, J., Sprengel, Claudia and Thierstein, H. R. ;

Divisions

AWI Organizations > Biosciences > Junior Research Group: Carbon cycle
AWI Organizations > Biosciences > Polar Biological Oceanography
AWI Organizations > Biosciences > BioGeoScience

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Basic Research > Helmholtz Independent Research

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Published

Eprint ID

4755

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Bairbakhish, A. N. , Bollmann, J. , Sprengel, C. and Thierstein, H. R. (1999): Disintegration of aggregates and coccospheres in sediment trap samples , Marine Micropaleontology, 37 , pp. 219-223 .

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