In situ applications of a new diver-operated motorized microsensor profiler

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 6210-6215

  Weber, Miriam ^a,b   Faerber, Paul ^a   Meyer, Volker ^a   Lott, Christian ^a,b   Eickert, Gabriele ^a   Fabricius, Katharina E ^c   De Beer, Dirk ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HYDRA Institute for Marine Sciences   (Italy)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; OXYGEN; PH EFFECTS; PRECISION BALANCES; SEDIMENTATION;

MICROENVIRONMENT STUDIES; UNDERWATER FIELD OPERATION;

MICROSENSORS;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MICROSENSORS; OXYGEN; PH EFFECTS; PRECISION BALANCES; SEDIMENTATION;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD SURVEY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; SENSOR;

AMPEROMETRY; ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; DIVER; MICROENVIRONMENT; POTENTIOMETRY; SENSOR;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CALCIUM; CATIONS, DIVALENT; DIVING; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; OXYGEN; RIVERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 34548572084     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070200b     Document Type: Article

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