Discussion of spectrophotometric determination of marine-plant pigments, with revised equations for ascertaining chlorophylls and carotenoids

Authors

T. R. Parsons, Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Pacific Oceanographic Group, Nanaimo, B.C.
J. D.H. Strickland, Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Pacific Oceanographic Group, Nanaimo, B.C.

Abstract

A number of discrepancies in the spectrophotometric determination of plant pigments with the Richards with Thompson method have been reported. A revised set of equations for the determination of plant chlorophylls and a new equation for the approximate estimation of plant carotenoids are presented.

Recommended Citation

Parsons, T. R., and J. D. Strickland. 1963. "Discussion of spectrophotometric determination of marine-plant pigments, with revised equations for ascertaining chlorophylls and carotenoids." Journal of Marine Research 21, (3). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1003