Size distributions of Scenedesmus obliquus cells: experimental results from optical microscopy and their approximations using the fi-normal distribution

• Autorzy: Pawlak B. , Kopeć J.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

3400 measurements of algal cell size using the microscopic technique are discussed. The algal population is observed to evolve. The size distribution is well approximated by the fi-normal distribution. There is variability in the form of the size distribution.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

fi-normal distribution; algal cells

• Wydawca: Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oceanology ; Elsevier
• Czasopismo: Oceanologia
• Rocznik: 1998
• Tom: No. 40 (4)
• Strony: 345--353
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 7 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Pawlak B.

autor

Kopeć J.

• Marine Physics Department, University of Szczecin, Wielkopolska 15, 70–451 Szczecin, Poland,

Bibliografia

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