Disintegration of aggregates and coccospheres in sediment trap samples

Citation
An. Bairbakhish et al., Disintegration of aggregates and coccospheres in sediment trap samples, MAR MICROPA, 37(2), 1999, pp. 219-223
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
MARINE MICROPALEONTOLOGY
ISSN journal
03778398 → ACNP
Volume
37
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
219 - 223
Database
ISI
SICI code
0377-8398(199908)37:2<219:DOAACI>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A method for non-destructive disaggregation of coccoliths contained in feca l pellets, marine snow and on coccospheres is described. It consists of rep eated chemical oxidation of organic material with (NaClO and H2O2) combined with brief periods of ultrasonification. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. Al l rights, reserved.