Participants

Show your colleagues and clients that you participate in the EQAT proficiency test phytoplankton! We guarantee total confidentiality of your data at all times.

If you agreed to the publication of your participation in the EQAT scheme when registering, you are included in the list below. Your results will not be shown here and will remain anonymous.



Environmental Protection Agency
Co. Mayo
Environmental Protection, Nature Conservation and Water Authority, Trans-Ti...
Debrecen
enwor energie & wasser vor ort
Roetgen
EPAL, S.A. Laboratório Asseiceira
Asseiceira - Tomar
Portugal
Estonian Environmental Research Centre Ltd Tartu Branch
Tartu
Flemish Environment Agency
Sint-Denijs-Westrem
Flemish Environment Agency (Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij - VMM)
Erembodegem
Fondazione Edmund Mach,Dipartimento Agro-ecosistemi sostenibili e biorisors...
San Michele all'Adige
Forschungsinstitut für Ökosystemanalyse und -bewertung gaiac
Aachen
Gewässerbewertung
Penzberg
Grontmij Nederland B.V
Amsterdam
Grontmij Nederland B.V.
Amsterdam
Harzwasserwerke GmbH Zentrallabor
Langelsheim
Het Waterlaboratorium
Haarlem
IDUS Biologisch-Analytisches Umweltlabor GmbH
Ottendorf-Okrilla
IDUS Biologisch-Analytisches Umweltlabor GmbH
Ottendorf-Okrilla
IfUA Umweltberatung und Gutachten GmbH
Bitterfeld
Institut Dr. Appelt GmbH & Co. KG
Leipzig
Institut Dr. Nowak
Ottersberg
Institut für Biologie und Chemie des Meeres (ICBM) Carl-von-Ossietzky Uni...
Wilhelmshaven



Proficiency test

Since 2002, the proficiency test phytoplankton has been carried out on an international level by the LTV.

From 1.1.2025, we will no longer be able to offer ring tests to participants from countries outside the EU. We regret this decision and apologise for the inconvenience

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Design of our EQAT scheme

The EQAT design is focused on the application of the Utermöhl method using the inverted microscope and consists of three components. Components 1 and 2 are methodological, focussing on the enumeration and biovolume calculation and component 3 is taxonomic in nature.

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Procedure of our EQAT scheme

The EQAT scheme is divided into 9 phases, the status of which can be viewed on-line on our website. With the announcement of the EQAT scheme, the planned time schedule is communicated to the participants.

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Requirements for participation, costs and evaluation

Only laboratories that have the personnel and equipment required for the EQAT proficiency test phytoplankton can participate in our scheme. Each participant in the EQAT scheme requires an individual registration.

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About the organiser

The EQAT phytoplankton proficiency tests are an activity of the Landestalsperrenverwaltung des Freistaates Sachsen (LTV). 

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Reports

Since 2005, the evaluation of the results has been carried out in accordance with DIN 38402 – 45: 2014 using robust statistical methods.

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