Dissolved free amino acids in coastal seawater using a modified fluorometric method

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 313-321

  Tada, Kuninao ^a   Tada, Mitsutoshi ^a   Maita, Yoshiaki ^b  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Coastal waters; Dissolved organic matter; Fluorimetry; Japan; Organic compound; Seto Inland Sea

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COASTAL WATERS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLUORIMETRY; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

JAPAN; SETO INLAND SEA;

EID: 0032456437     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02742615     Document Type: Article

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