A novel membrane inlet mass spectrometer method to measure 15NH4+ for isotope-enrichment experiments in aquatic ecosystems

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 9555-9562

  Yin, Guoyu ^a   Hou, Lijun ^a   Liu, Min ^b   Liu, Zhanfei ^c   Gardner, Wayne S ^c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN; SPECTROMETERS;

DISSIMILATORY NITRATE REDUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPE RETENTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEMBRANE INLET MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN POLLUTION; SEDIMENT SLURRIES;

ISOTOPES;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; FRESH WATER; IODINE; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SAMPLING;

AMMONIUM UPTAKE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE INLET MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN CYCLING; SALINITY; SALT MARSH; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; DEVICES; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SEDIMENT;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHINA; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SALINITY;

EID: 84906271156     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es501261s     Document Type: Article

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