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General info General Information about the instrument is available here from the manufacturer. The BD Influx instrument at the MSRF is equipped with three excitation lasers at 355, 488 and 561 nm wavelengths. An examination of open water samples for microbial abundance using the flow cytometer typically consists of two parts. In the first part […]

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General Info The MSRF performs dissolved nutrient analysis on aqueous samples using an Astoria Pacific Segmented Flow Analyzer. We are currently equipped to analyze five nutrients: ammonium, phosphate, silicate, nitrite and total nitrite+nitrate. The following table lists the methods used for each nutrient as well as our minimum detection limits (MDL) in seawater. Nutrient Method […]

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