Development of in-situ detection method of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) as an early warning system for algae blooms

• Main Author: Lee, Darren Yong Shern
• Other Authors: Chong Tzyy Haur
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering::Water treatment
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/71355
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Over the past two decades, many methods have been developed to quantify and determine transparent exopolymer particles (TEP), a transparent and sticky organic substances that found abundantly in oceans. TEP was originally quantified by light microscopy, a slow yet labour-intensive method. This lead...