Lab-on-chip measurement of nitrate and nitrite for in situ analysis of natural waters

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 9548-9556

  Beaton, Alexander D ^a,c   Cardwell, Christopher L ^a   Thomas, Rupert S ^b   Sieben, Vincent J ^a   Legiret, François Eric ^a,b   Waugh, Edward M ^a   Statham, Peter J ^b   Mowlem, Matthew C ^a   Morgan, Hywel ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANALYTICAL PERFORMANCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED SENSOR NETWORKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARINE WATERS; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; IN-SITU; IN-SITU ANALYSIS; LAB-ON-CHIP; LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MEASUREMENT NODES; MICROFLUIDIC TECHNOLOGIES; NATURAL WATERS; OPEN OCEAN; RIVER FLOW; TRACK CHANGES;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; MICROFLUIDICS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES;

NITRATES;

NITRATE; NITRITE; RAIN; RIVER WATER; WATER;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT COMPONENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OPEN OCEAN; RAINFALL; RESOLUTION;

ARTICLE; ESTUARY; LAB ON A CHIP; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; RIVER; SALINITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NITRATES; NITRITES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ENGLAND; SOUTHAMPTON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84865768813     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300419u     Document Type: Article

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