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1 August 2011
Vol. 70 No. 2 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2011.313

A Surface Bloom Sampler (SUBS) for cyanobacteria and algae

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Water sampler, quantitative sampling, cyanobacteria bloom.
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Roberto BERTONI
r.bertoni@ise.cnr.it
In surface blooms, cell density is not evenly distributed with depth but shows a vertical abundance gradient, dependent on the hydrodynamics of water body and on cell buoyancy. To sample reproducibly and quantitatively cyanobacteria and algae blooms a simple Surface Bloom Sampler (SUBS) was designed. This instrument collects a known volume of water at the air-water interface. The sampled layer can be adjusted, according to the expected depth of the bloom, from 4 to 20 cm.

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“A Surface Bloom Sampler (SUBS) for Cyanobacteria and Algae”. 2011. Journal of Limnology 70 (2): 313-14. https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2011.313.