Effect of chloride on the chemical conversion of nitrate to nitrous oxide for δ15N analysis

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 7, Issue JUL., 2009, Pages 545-552

  Ryabenko, Evgenia ^a   Altabet, Mark A ^b   Wallace, Douglas W R ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

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EID: 70350493488     PISSN: 15415856     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2009.7.545     Document Type: Article

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