Review of phytoplankton monitoring programme and research activities

This paper provides a review of the activities of the Phytoplankton Unit in the Marine Institute as part of the National Monitoring Programme for 2007 and compares the findings with those recorded during 2005 and 2006., It also presents an overview of the research activities carried out by the phytoplankton team during the year with a focus on culturing phytoplankton and the introduction of real time PCR techniques for phytoplankton identification.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10793/1252

Citation

Salas, R., Chamberlain, T., Lyons, J., Hynes, P. and and Silke, J. (2008). Review of phytoplankton monitoring programme and research activities. In: "Proceedings of the 8th Irish Shellfish Safety Scientific Workshop", Marine Environment and Health Series No. 33, Marine Institute, pp. 21-27.