Measured Parameters 2005

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Method / Proceeding

33P uptake and part. P

 

Algal and bacterial 13

Use of polar lipid fatty acids as biomarker for algae and bacteria by adding 13C as a deliberate tracer

Bacterial Production (BPP), Bacterial Cell Numbers (free-living and attached bacteria separated)

 

Chlorophyll-a

Fluorometry of extracts

Organic matter degradation

 

DOC (Dissolved Organic Carbon)

 

DON (Dissolved Organic Nitrogen)

 

DOP (Dissolved Organic Phosphorus)

 

E. huxleyi cell cycle

Flow Cytometry

E. huxleyi predation by protozoa

Flow Cytometry using fluorescently labelled E. huxleyi

Gene expression involved in carbon metabolism of Emiliania huxleyi

 

Elemental composition of bacteria, with the specific aim of looking at shifts in Mg content

X-ray microanalysis (XRMA)

Description of population dynamics of viruses, bacteria, phytoplankton, (protozoa) 

 

Microzooplankton grazing on E. huxleyi and partial dissolution of CaCO3  

Serial dilution technique

Phytoplankton pigments

HPLC

Phytoplankton species composition

Microscopy, Flow Cytometry

POC (Particulate Organic Carbon)

GC CHN-analyzer

PON (Particulate Organic Nitrogen)

GC CHN-analyzer

Quantification of copepod egg production, hatching success and faecal pellet production

Microscopy

Quantification of copepod grazing on E. huxleyi (and possibly other prey types)

Quantitative PCR on copepods and their faecal pellets

Quantification of mesozooplankton type and abundance

Microscopy

Quantification of microzooplankton and copepod grazing on all prey types

Combined bottle incubation experiments analysed by microscopy, HPLC and Chl.a 

Single cell measurements of protein and DNA content

 

Sinking particles

Sediment traps

Sorting of E. huxleyi to measure 33PO4-uptake

Flow Cytometry

Total primary production, ( fractionated: some days)

14C  in-situ incubation

TPC

CHN Analyzer

Viral diversity

DGGE and PFGE (different gel systems in genome research), Flow Cytometry

13C - DIC

MS

Acetone, methanol, DMS, isoprene, acetaldehyde etc. in the headspace of the mesocosms

Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry ( PTR-MS)

 

Continuous O2 monitoring

Optodes 

DIC (Dissolved Inorganic Carbon)

Continuous Flow Analysis and Coulometry

DMS (aqueous), DMSP, DMSP lyase activity

GC

Halocarbons (including CHBr3, CH3I,...), hydrocarbons (including isoprene) and organic sulphur compounds (including DMS) in the headspace of the mesocosm and in the seawater

Use of GC-MS (Gas-Chromatography coupled with Mass Spectrometer)

 

Mono- and polysaccharides

Colorimetrically with TPTZ

Nutrients (NO2, NO3, NH4, PO4, Si(OH)4)

Wet chemistry

Oxygen consumption / production

O2 optode

pCO2 in water and headspace of the mesocosms

Infra-red analyser

TAlk (Total Alkalinity)

Gran electro titration

TEP (Transparent Exopolymer Particles)

Colorimetrically, microscopy

Trace metal speciation

Voltammetry

Salinity

CTD

Temperature

CTD