Published July 26, 2021 | Version v1
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Inverted microscopy image dataset -- Carbon biomass of microplankton assemblages in southern Patagonian fjords and channels

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Departamento de Ecología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • 2. Algal Resources Collection, Center for Marine Science, University of North Carolina Wilmington
  • 3. Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia
  • 4. Instituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnológicas, Universidad Austral de Chile

Description

Images of main microplanktonic items (folders) obtained under inverted (mostly) and electronic microscope used to estimate biovolume and carbon biomass. Scale bar is shown on each picture and label of each image indicate the station ID (St.) and sampling depth (m). A table is provided with biovolume and equivalent spherical diameter calculations for each planktonic item. 

Notes

An Olympus CKX41 inverted microscope connected to a digital camera (Motic 5.0) was used. Also, three electron microscopes were used: - Quanta FEG 250 (FEI, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA) in the laboratory of CIEN-UC, Facultad de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. - Quanta 250 (FEI, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA) in the laboratory of MEM, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile. - Quanta Inspect F50 (FEI, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA) in the laboratory of UICMA, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile.

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