Use of an alternative method for monitoring total nitrogen concentrations in Florida lakes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 323, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-8

  Bachmann, Roger W ^a   Canfield Jr , Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

nitrogen; water chemistry methods

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER QUALITY; MONITORING METHOD; NITROGEN; WATER CHEMISTRY;

USA, FLORIDA;

EID: 0029663370     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00020542     Document Type: Article

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