Disintegration of aggregates and coccospheres in sediment trap samples

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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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csprengel@awi-bremerhaven.de

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

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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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4755