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Parameter: DON

Dataset: 
Seeded microcosm experiments: all data
Parameter: 
Dissolved Organic Nitrogen
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 DON
Short Description:
 Dissolved Organic Nitrogen
Official Name:
 Dissolved Organic Nitrogen
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Dissolved Organic Nitrogen is the concentration of total organic dissolved nitrogen per unit volume of the water column

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
DON
Supplied Units: 
micromol/liter N (umol/L)
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
Dissolved organic nitrogen concentration: determined the same as DOC samples but the sample is converted to nitrogen monoxide and measured by a chemoluminescence gas analyzer. The analyte sampled is TDN and the inorganic values are subtracted to get DON. MDL is 5.38 micro mol/L.