Storage bottle material and cleaning for determination of total mercury in seawater

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 9, Issue OCTOBER, 2011, Pages 426-431

  Hammerschmidt, Chad R ^a   Bowman, Katlin L ^a   Tabatchnick, Melissa D ^a   Lamborg, Carl H ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 82255166897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2011.9.426     Document Type: Article

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