Overview

NEEDS A SUMMARY

Chlorophyll a

Via fluorometric analysis according to methods specified by the SOEST Laboratory for Analytical Biogeochemistry (S-LAB)

Photosynthetic accessory pigments

Via HPLC analysis according to Bidigare, R.R.,  Heukelem, L.V. and Trees, C.C. (2005) Analysis of Algal Pigments by HPLC, p. 565, Algal Culturing Techniques, Elsevier Academic Press.

Microbial community composition

Phytoplankton

TBD (from Sue Brown?)

16S sequencing

Alkaline phosphatase

Via the fluorometric method of Dyhrman and Ruttenberg (2006) as modified by Hull (2010)