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The Determination of Phosphorus and Nitrogen in Plankton

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

L. H. N. Cooper
Affiliation:
Assistant Chemist at the Plymouth Laboratory.

Extract

Phosphorus in plankton has been determined by digestion with sulphuric acid and perhydrol followed by colorimetric determination.

Nitrogen has been readily determined by the micro-Kjeldahl method of Parnas and Wagner.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1934

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