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WOD code table: t_26_count_method

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