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A family of pneumatically-operated thin layer samplers for replicate sampling of heterogeneous water columns

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A series of inexpensive, pneumatic thin layer water samplers is described. They can be operated from small boats, and permit sampling at 2.5 cm intervals with little or no disturbance of stratified systems such as oxyclines or redoxclines of meromictic lakes, or microstratification of flagellates in sheltered epilimnia. Some models permit replicate sampling at closely-spaced intervals in a two-dimensional array. Their performance abilities are illustrated with examples of microstratification.

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  1. Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, University of New Hampshire, 03824, Durham, NH, U.S.A.

    Alan L. Baker & Kathleen Kromer Baker

  2. Department of Botany, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

    Peter A. Tyler

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Baker, A.L., Kromer Baker, K. & Tyler, P.A. A family of pneumatically-operated thin layer samplers for replicate sampling of heterogeneous water columns. Hydrobiologia 122, 207–211 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00018280

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