Spectrophotometric determination of ammonia in estuarine waters by hybrid reagent-injection gas-diffusion flow analysis

Spectroscopy Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 737-753

  Gray, Sarah M ^a   Ellis, Peter S ^a   Grace, Michael R ^a   McKelvie, Ian D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Dissolved carbon dioxide; Estuary; Flow analysis; Gas diffusion; Reagent injection

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751087015     PISSN: 00387010     EISSN: 15322289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00387010600934766     Document Type: Article

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