A stable isotope technique for measuring production and consumption rates of nitrous oxide in coastal waters

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 86, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 159-168

  Punshon, Stephen ^a   Moore, Robert M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coastal waters; Gas chromatography; Isotopic labelling; Mass spectrometry; Nitrous oxide; Production rates

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COASTAL WATER; DETECTION METHOD; NITROUS OXIDE;

EID: 1542575291     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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