An intercomparison of procedures for the determination of total mercury in seawater and recommendations regarding mercury speciation during GEOTRACES cruises

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 10, Issue FEBRAURY, 2012, Pages 90-100

  Lamborg, Carl H ^a   Hammerschmidt, Chad R ^b   Gill, Gary A ^c   Mason, Robert P ^d   Gichuki, Susan ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 84858843661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2012.10.90     Document Type: Article

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