Nitrogen cycling in natural waters using in situ, reagentless UV spectrophotometry with simultaneous determination of nitrate and nitrite

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 8420-8425

  Sandford, Richard C ^a   Exenberger, Alexandra ^a   Worsfold, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; FLOW OF WATER; MAPPING; NITROGEN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; SALINITY GRADIENT;

WATER ANALYSIS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FRESH WATER; NITRATE; NITRITE; ORGANIC NITROGEN;

ESTUARIES; FLOW OF WATER; MAPPING; NITROGEN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER ANALYSIS;

ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; FRESHWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN CYCLE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; ESTUARY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; LABORATORY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; SALINITY; SENSOR; STUDENT T TEST; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROGEN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; WATER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; DEVON; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; TAMAR ESTUARY [ENGLAND]; TAW RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37249038613     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071447b     Document Type: Article

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