Citation:

Arar, E. J. Method 446.0: In Vitro Determination of Chlorophylls a, b, c + c and Pheopigments in 1 2Marine And Freshwater Algae by Visible Spectrophotometry. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-15/005, 1997.

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This method provides a procedure for determination of chlorophylls a (chl a), b (chl b), c + c 1 2 (chl c + c ) and pheopigments of chlorophyll a (pheo a) 1 2 found in marine and freshwater phytoplankton. Chlorophyllide a is determined as chl a. Visible wavelength spectrophotometry is used to measure the pigments in sub-parts per million (ppm) concentrations. The trichromatic equations of Jeffrey and Humphrey(1) are used to calculate the concentrations of chl a, chl b, and chl c +c . Modified monochromatic equations of 1 2 Lorenzen(2) are used to calculate pheopigment-corrected chl a and pheo a.

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Record Type:DOCUMENT( PUBLISHED REPORT/ GUIDANCE DOCUMENT)

Product Published Date:09/01/1997

Record Last Revised:09/24/2015

OMB Category:Other

Record ID: 309415

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EPA Number :EPA/600/R-15/005