New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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A simple method of taking a subsample of zooplankton

I. D. McCallum

Freshwater Section, Ecology Division, Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, P.O. Box 415, Tempo, New Zealand

Abstract A simple method of subsampling a zooplankton sample is described. Statistical analysis of four methods tested showed that bubbling a sample by blowing into it through a graduated pipette and then sucking up the sample gives results comparable to using a swirling flask and a Stempel pipette, to using a swirling flask and a graduated pipette, or bubbling and using a Stempel pipette.

New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 1979, 13 (4): 559-560
Received 20 March 1979; revision received 28 May 1979

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