Alcian blue-stained particles in a eutrophic lake

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Alcian blue-stained particles in a eutrophic lake. / Worm, J.; Søndergaard, Morten.

In: Journal of Plankton Research, Vol. 20, No. 2, 1998, p. 179-186.

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Worm, J & Søndergaard, M 1998, 'Alcian blue-stained particles in a eutrophic lake', Journal of Plankton Research, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 179-186.

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Worm, J., & Søndergaard, M. (1998). Alcian blue-stained particles in a eutrophic lake. Journal of Plankton Research, 20(2), 179-186.

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Worm J, Søndergaard M. Alcian blue-stained particles in a eutrophic lake. Journal of Plankton Research. 1998;20(2):179-186.

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Worm, J. ; Søndergaard, Morten. / Alcian blue-stained particles in a eutrophic lake. In: Journal of Plankton Research. 1998 ; Vol. 20, No. 2. pp. 179-186.

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title = "Alcian blue-stained particles in a eutrophic lake",
abstract = "We used a neutral solution of Alcian Blue to stain transparent particles in eutrophic LakeFrederiksborg Slotss0, Denmark. Alcian Blue-stained particles (ABSP) appeared to be similar to theso-called transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) identified with an acidic solution of Alcian Blue.Our results on the abundance, size distribution and bacterial colonization of ABSP therefore reflectgeneral patterns of TEP. The abundance of ABSP in the size range 3-162 urn and retained by 3 umpore size filters averaged 3.6 ± 2.49 x 10s ml{"}1 (± SD), which is among the highest concentrationsreported for comparable size spectra of TEP. On average, 35 % of ABSP (by number) were colonizedby bacteria and 8.6 x 105 bacteria ml{"}1 lake water were attached to ABSP, which corresponds to 7%of the total bacterial abundance.",
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T1 - Alcian blue-stained particles in a eutrophic lake

AU - Worm, J.

AU - Søndergaard, Morten

PY - 1998

Y1 - 1998

N2 - We used a neutral solution of Alcian Blue to stain transparent particles in eutrophic LakeFrederiksborg Slotss0, Denmark. Alcian Blue-stained particles (ABSP) appeared to be similar to theso-called transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) identified with an acidic solution of Alcian Blue.Our results on the abundance, size distribution and bacterial colonization of ABSP therefore reflectgeneral patterns of TEP. The abundance of ABSP in the size range 3-162 urn and retained by 3 umpore size filters averaged 3.6 ± 2.49 x 10s ml"1 (± SD), which is among the highest concentrationsreported for comparable size spectra of TEP. On average, 35 % of ABSP (by number) were colonizedby bacteria and 8.6 x 105 bacteria ml"1 lake water were attached to ABSP, which corresponds to 7%of the total bacterial abundance.

AB - We used a neutral solution of Alcian Blue to stain transparent particles in eutrophic LakeFrederiksborg Slotss0, Denmark. Alcian Blue-stained particles (ABSP) appeared to be similar to theso-called transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) identified with an acidic solution of Alcian Blue.Our results on the abundance, size distribution and bacterial colonization of ABSP therefore reflectgeneral patterns of TEP. The abundance of ABSP in the size range 3-162 urn and retained by 3 umpore size filters averaged 3.6 ± 2.49 x 10s ml"1 (± SD), which is among the highest concentrationsreported for comparable size spectra of TEP. On average, 35 % of ABSP (by number) were colonizedby bacteria and 8.6 x 105 bacteria ml"1 lake water were attached to ABSP, which corresponds to 7%of the total bacterial abundance.

M3 - Journal article

VL - 20

SP - 179

EP - 186

JO - Journal of Plankton Research

JF - Journal of Plankton Research

SN - 0142-7873

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ER -

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