An interlaboratory comparison for the quantification of aqueous dimethylsulfide

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 12, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages 784-794

  Swan, Hilton B ^a,b   Armishaw, Paul ^a   Iavetz, Raluca ^a   Alamgir, Mahiuddin ^a   Davies, Stephen R ^a   Bell, Thomas G ^c   Jones, Graham B ^b  

^a NATIONAL MEASUREMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84921693586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2014.12.784     Document Type: Article

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