The contamination of commercial15N2 gas stocks with15N-labeled nitrate and ammonium and consequences for nitrogen fixation measurements

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Dabundo, Richard ^a   Lehmann, Moritz F ^b   Treibergs, Lija ^a   Tobias, Craig R ^a   Altabet, Mark A ^c   Moisander, Pia H ^c   Granger, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN 15; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINGENT VALUATION; DUNALIELLA TERTIOLECTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS ANALYSIS; GREEN ALGA; ISOTOPE LABELING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PURIFICATION; SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; STANDARDS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; CHLOROPHYTA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; NITRATES; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

EID: 84908123477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110335     Document Type: Article

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