Microplankton abundance at Station MARCH-1997-GN36199704601MSB02 in the euphotic zone of the Aegean Sea in spring 1997. Part 3 - coccolithophores and other groups

Microplankton species composition analysis was performed according to the inverted microscope method of Utermoehl. Samples for identification and enumeration of larger phytoplankton cells (>5µm) were preserved in alkaline Lugol solution. Utermoehl, H., 1958. Zur Vervollkommung der quantitativen Phytoplankton-Methodik. Mitt. Int. Ver. Theor. Angew. Limnol., 9:1-38.