Re: Freshwater phytoplankton

"Jelena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i en meddelelse
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> I am making investigation of Scadar Lake phytoplankton (Balcan region)
> and in a lot of samples for chlorophyll analyzes I got results that I
> am not able to explain. For example, I got increasing of chlorophyll
> concentration with depth and I don't know how to explain that, because
> I expected the opposite. Besides, in a surface layer of lake sometimes
> I got negative values of concentration of chl a (?) and I am wondering
> how it is possible to get negative value, minimal concentration should
> be zero, not less then zero. I am newcomer in this field, so please if
> someone can help me about this subject, I will be very grateful!

When the algae and cyano bacteries  die they sink to the bottom, but the
chlorophyll remains and is mesureable several days after. Therefore the
increasing concentration of chlorophyll under certain circumstances.

Poul Evald Hansen