Dataset: 3b_minimum readable gut fluorescence
Deployment: Kimmerer_2013

Experiment to find minimum time for copepod gut fluorescence by plate reader method
Principal Investigator: 
William Kimmerer (San Francisco State University, SFSU)
Co-Principal Investigator: 
Sarah Cohen (San Francisco State University, SFSU)
BCO-DMO Data Manager: 
Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Project: 
Current State: 
Final no updates expected
Version: 
2015-01-15
Version Date: 
2015-01-15
Description

An experiment was conducted to determine the time necessary for copepods to accumulate enough gut pigment in the extract to exceed the lower detection limit of the microplate reader (~0.045 µg L-1 Chl a).

Related Reference:

Vogt, R.A., T.R. Ignoffo, L.J. Sullivan, J. Herndon, J.H. Stillman, and W. Kimmerer. 2013. Feeding capabilities and limitations in the nauplii of two pelagic estuarine copepods, Pseudodiaptomus marinus and Oithona davisae.  Limnology and Oceanography 58: 2145-2157.

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