Marine Science Faculty Publications
Continuous in Situ Determinations of Nitrite at Nanomolar Concentrations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2005
Keywords
Nitrite, Sea water, Liquid core waveguide, Spectrophotometry, In situ instrumentation, Oligotrophic, North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2004.11.008
Abstract
Sharp gradients of chemical distributions in the nutricline are poorly resolved via conventional sampling techniques. Resolution of the fine structure of chemical distributions in the water column requires the use of in situ procedures. We describe here a high-resolution method for the measurement of nitrite concentrations in the upper 200 m of the water column. A long-pathlength Teflon AF-2400 liquid core waveguide provides the low nanomolar detection limits required for observations of nitrite in near-surface waters. Our spectrophotometric elemental analysis system (SEAS) has a two second sampling period. Coupled with an 11 cm/s descent rate, SEAS is able to accurately identify the depth of the primary nitrite maximum and provide a detailed inventory for nitrite in the upper ocean.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, v. 52, issue 3, p. 543-551
Scholar Commons Citation
Adornato, L. R.; Kaltenbacher, E. A.; Villareal, T. A.; and Byrne, R. H., "Continuous in Situ Determinations of Nitrite at Nanomolar Concentrations" (2005). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 1744.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/1744
