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A simplified technique for the rapid analysis of photosynthetic pigments in marine phytoplankton is described. The pigments extracted in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) are injected directly into the reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatograph fitted with a photodiode array detector. We developed a new stepwise program; that is methanol-water (75∶25 v/v), methanol, methanol-acetone (80∶20) and methanol-acetone (65∶35). This program gives a good separation of at least 13 carotenoids, and 10 chlorophylls and their derivatives, completed within 20 min. The quantitative precision is high; the maximum standard error was less than 6%. The stability of pigments in DMF were also considered for application of this technique to the lab work on board the ship.
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Suzuki, R., Takahashi, M., Furuya, K. et al. Simplified technique for the rapid determination of phytoplankton pigments by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. J Oceanogr 49, 571–580 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02237463
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