PI:	  Michael R. Landry
of:	  University of Hawaii
dataset:  Nano- and microplankton abundances by epifluorescence microscopy

Methodology:

The epi-slide counts were made from 50 ml or 250 ml samples filtered onto
1 um or 10 um filters, respectively, and mounted on slides.  These slides
were imaged within 1 - 2 d of collection, then images were analyzed on land
for eukaryotic nano and microplankton abundances and biomass

The 50 ml samples were used to estimate nanoplankton (1.5 to 20 um) abundances
and biomass, whereas the 250 ml samples were used to estimate microplantkon
(>20 um) abundances and biomass.  Cell volume (calculated using the length and
width and assuming a prolate spheroid shape) was converted to biomass using the
modified Strathman equations.


References:

Strathman, R.R. Estimating the organic carbon content of phytoplankton from
cell volume or plasma volume, Limnol. Oceanogr.  36:50-63, 1967.

Eppley, R.W., F.M.H. Reid, and J.D.H. Strickland, Estimates of phytoplankton
crop size, growth rate, and primary production, IN:  J.D.H. Strickland (Ed.),
The ecology of the plankton off La Jolla California in the period April through
September, 1967, Bulletin ofScripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA,
17:33-42, 1970.