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I.S. EN 15972:2011

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The latest, up-to-date edition.

WATER QUALITY - GUIDANCE ON QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATIONS OF MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2011

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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Aim and strategy for sampling phytoplankton
5 Equipment
6 Survey procedures
7 Species identification and sample processing
Annex A (informative) - Sampling and sample depth
Annex B (informative) - Water samplers
Annex C (informative) - Plankton net samples
Annex D (informative) - Preservatives
Annex E (informative) - Counting chambers for quantification
        without concentration of the phytoplankton cells
Annex F (informative) - Utermöhl method
Bibliography

Provides guidance for sampling, preservation, storage, quantification and qualitative analysis of phytoplankton from marine waters.

DocumentType
Standard
Pages
31
PublisherName
National Standards Authority of Ireland
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
EN 15972:2011 Identical

EN ISO 16665:2013 Water quality - Guidelines for quantitative sampling and sample processing of marine soft-bottom macrofauna (ISO 16665:2014)
ISO 16665:2014 Water quality — Guidelines for quantitative sampling and sample processing of marine soft-bottom macrofauna
EN 15204:2006 Water quality - Guidance standard on the enumeration of phytoplankton using inverted microscopy (Utermöhl technique)
ISO 10260:1992 Water quality — Measurement of biochemical parameters — Spectrometric determination of the chlorophyll-a concentration

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