A critical evaluation of the cross-flow ultrafiltration technique for sampling colloidal organic carbon in seawater

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 113-127

  Guo, Laodong ^a   Santschi, Peter H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

colloids; dissolved organic carbon; isotope; macromolecules ultrafiltration; seawater

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030292435     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(96)00051-5     Document Type: Article

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