Vertical profiles of trace nitrate in surface oceanic waters of the North Pacific Ocean and East China Sea

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Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 69-80

  Kanda, Jota ^a   Itoh, Takayuki ^b   Nomura, Motomune ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemiluminescent technique; Nitrate; Vertical profile

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUPHOTIC ZONE; LUMINESCENCE; NITRATE; SURFACE WATER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 39549116085     PISSN: 05031540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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