Wet-oxidation and automated colorimetry for simultaneous determination of organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus dissolved in seawater

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 161-169

  Raimbault, Patrick ^a   Pouvesle, Wilfried ^a   Diaz, Frédéric ^a   Garcia, Nicole ^a   Sempéré, Richard ^b  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b Campus de Luminy   (France)

Author keywords

Colorimetry; Dissolved organic matter; Wet oxidation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEAWATER;

EID: 0032797118     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(99)00038-9     Document Type: Article

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