Measurements of Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) in sea water by high temperature combustion method

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 339-353

  Laodong, Guo ^a   Santschi, Peter H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DOC; Gulf of Mexico; HTCO method; Middle Atlantic Bight; Seawater

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010356155     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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