Submicromolar Oxygen Profiles at the Oxic-Anoxic Boundary of Temperate Lakes

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-57

  Kirf, Mathias K ^a,b   Dinkel, Christian ^a   Schubert, Carsten J ^a   Wehrli, Bernhard ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amperometric; Anoxia; Detection limit; Gradient; Microsensor; Nanomolar oxygen; Optode; Oxic anoxic interface; Redox; Signal drift; Stratification

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROCHEMISTRY; LAKE WATER; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXYGEN; REDOX CONDITIONS;

EID: 84893636117     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: 15731421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10498-013-9206-7     Document Type: Article

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