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

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

Freshwater bioindicators have been developed to assess ecosystem health and responses
to human-induced stressors. To date, most bioindicators primarily rely on the species identity …

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 …

Accurate and detailed reporting of methods is essential for scientific progress, yet it is widely
accepted that authors across all scientific fields tend to provide insufficient methods detail …

Depending on drinking water treatment conditions, oxidation processes may result in the
degradation of cyanobacteria cells causing the release of toxic metabolites (microcystin) …

Instruments for in vivo identification and quantification of marine organisms are becoming
more common, and the interpretation of data from these instruments is still evolving. In the …

Taxonomic information provides a crucial understanding of the most basic component of
biodiversity–which organisms are present in a region or ecosystem. Taxonomy, however, is …

FlowCAM combines flow cytometry and imaging to rapidly enumerate, classify and measure
particles. The instrument potentially increases processing speed of phytoplankton samples …