Improving the fluorometric ammonium method: Matrix effects, background fluorescence, and standard additions

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-177

  Taylor, Brad W ^a,c   Keep, Christine F ^a   Hall Jr , Robert O ^a   Koch, Benjamin J ^a   Tronstad, Lusha M ^a   Flecker, Alexander S ^b   Ulseth, Amber J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorometry; Nitrogen cycle; Quenching; Standard additions

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETRY; METHANE; NITROGEN CYCLE;

EID: 34249827887     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2007)26[167:ITFAMM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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