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Kimberly Thomas, University of South Carolina

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Class Year:

1997

Mentor:

Rodger Harvey, Ph.D.

Project Title:

Composition and Molecular Weight Fractionation DOM and POM Produced by the Diatom Skeletonema costatum In Situ and in the Chlorophyll Maximum of the Delaware Estuary

Abstract:

Cultures of the marine diatom Skeletonema costatum, the major diatom species in the Delaware Bay estuary, were grown in f/2 culture medium at a salinity of 20 ppt. DOM was collected and ultrafiltrated to obtain two fractions (>lkDa and

Location:

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

Presentations:

Thomas, K.*. 1997. Composition and molecular weight fractionation of DOM and POM produced by the diatom Skeletonema costatus in situ and in the chlorophyll maximum of the Delaware Estuary. Estuarine Research Federation Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island .

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