Quality Assurance Procedures for the Analysis of            Photosynthetic Pigments (GOFS-Level 2)
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Reliable analytical measurement of photosynthetic pigment                       concentrations is crucial to the success of numerous mesoscale                  oceanographic programs (JGOFS, GOFS, WOCE, NASA, etc.).  For                    these multi-investigator, multi-year programs standard and/or                   minimum precision, accuracy, and representativeness guidelines                  must be established to avoid the acquisition of biased,                         meaningless or unreliable results.  Any program that acquires                   data over long periods of time and/or from many different                       laboratories needs a mechanism to insure the integrity and                      continuity of the data base that is being acquired.  The                        activities described here are a first attempt to establish                      guidelines and set realistic and meaningful precision, accuracy                 and representativeness goals for photosynthetic pigment                         measurements.                                                                                                                                                   Based on the recommendations outlined in the GOFS/JGOFS                         planning reports, this study will (1) develop and implement a                   quality assurance program for the analysis of plant pigments by                 HPLC; (2) provide external and internal pigment standards to                    laboratories participating in the GOFS/JGOFS (and related)                      programs; and (3) coordinate intercalibration exercises among                   laboratories participating in the GOFS/JGOFS programs.
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