A simple and precise method for measuring ammonium in marine and freshwater ecosystems

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1801-1808

  Holmes, Robert M ^a   Aminot, Alain ^b   Kérouel, Roger ^b   Hooker, Bethanie A ^a   Peterson, Bruce J ^a  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b IFREMER   (France)

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EID: 0000190654     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-128     Document Type: Article

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