Categories
HYDROSOLS
Group
cyanobacteria
Cell shape
more or less spherical
Structural features
filamentous, gas vacuoles
Particle size
determined with a microscope:
reff=3.09 μm, veff=0.012
Refractive index
1.03 + i0.002 (calculated following the method of Morel & Bricaud 1986)
Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
632.8
Scattering matrix (1) plot
Angle range (deg)
[20,160]
Paper (pdf)
Full reference paper
Volten H, de Haan JF, Hovenier JW, Schreurs R, Vassen W, Dekker AG, Hoogenboom HJ, Charlton F, Wouts R. Laboratory measurements of angular distributions of light scattered by phytoplankton and silt. Limnology and Oceanography, vol. 43, pp. 1180-1197, 1998
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