Algae cells and algal organic matter (AOM) present in algae impacted source water pose a
serious threat to the safety of drinking water. Conventional water treatment processes poorly …

Parasites are now known to be ubiquitous across biological systems and can play an
important role in modulating algal populations. However, there is a lack of extensive …

Global climate change and other anthropogenic stressors have heightened the need to
rapidly characterize ecological changes in marine benthic communities across large scales …

Freshwater ecosystems harbor a vast diversity of micro-eukaryotes (rotifers, crustaceans and
protists), and such diverse taxonomic groups play important roles in ecosystem functioning …

The particle size distribution (PSD) plays a central role in understanding many facets of the
aquatic ecosystem, yet it is rarely measured in field studies and no single method provides a …

Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) combines video and flow cytometric technology to capture
images of nano‐and microplankton (∼ 10 to> 100 μm) and to measure the chlorophyll …

Abstract The Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 brought the ecology and health of the Gulf
of Mexico to the forefront of the public's and scientific community's attention. Not only did we …

Samples from a monthly monitoring programme in the Cantabrian Sea were analysed with a
FlowCAM-based automated technique. The estimates of abundance, biomass size spectra …

Several legislations worldwide require assessing the health status of marine ecosystems. In
Europe, the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive …

This review highlights the concepts and instrumentation of imaging flow cytometry
technology and in particular its use for phytoplankton analysis. Imaging flow cytometry, a …