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WOD code table: t_26_count_method

code_nameTaxon count method
unitsWOD code
1COUNTING CHAMBER; counting chamber method
2ACID LUGOLS STAIN; stained (acid Lugols) and counted
3AUTOFLUORESCE;autoflourescing/counted under microscope
4DAPI; stained/counted using epifluorescence microscopy
5MUD (or MPN); Method of Ultimate Dilution
6MICROSCOPE; counted under a microscope
7COMPLETE ENUMERATION; complete enumeration
8FOLSOM SPLITTER; complete enumeration using Folsom Spl
9EPIFLUOR MICROSCOPIC; staining unspecified
10CENTRIFUGE METHOD; centrifuge method (Gran
11ALIQUOT AND FULL; counted aliquout
12COULTER COUNTER; counted with a coulter counter
13INVERTED MICROSCOPE
14BACTERIA Epiflour microscopy - Acrodine Orange stained
15CELL CYTOMETRY
16BACTERIA Epiflour microscopy - unspecified stained
17OPTICAL PLANKTON COUNTER (OPC)
18OPTICAL MICROSCOPY with correction for cell lose during fixation
19FMIAS; Flourescence microscope image analysis system
20Monger & Landry cytometry via "Monger & Landry
21Olson & Sosik split beam cytometry (range 1-40 um)
22Replicate aliquots were counted and averaged
23Perez IMECOCAL; Folsom splitter to 1/8-1/16 (~ 800-900 individuals) then stereoscopic microscope
24SEDIMENTATION AND INVERTED MICROSCOPE
25RELATIVE ABUNDANCE