Dataset: Upper water column Ammonium measurements from R/V Knorr, R/V Melville, R/V Atlantis KN197-08, MV1110, AT21-04 in the Amazon River plume, 2010-2012 (ANACONDAS project)

This dataset has not been validatedPreliminary and in progressVersion 28 March 2013 (2013-03-28)Dataset Type:Unknown

Principal Investigator: Douglas G. Capone (University of Southern California)

Co-Principal Investigator: William M. Berelson (University of Southern California)

Contact: Matt Tiahlo (University of Southern California)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Stephen R. Gegg (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Program: Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research -US (IMBER-US)

Program: Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB)

Program: Emerging Topics in Biogeochemical Cycles (ETBC)

Program: Marine Microbiology Initiative (MMI)

Project: Amazon iNfluence on the Atlantic: CarbOn export from Nitrogen fixation by DiAtom Symbioses (ANACONDAS)

Ammonium concentrations were derived using the fluorometric method described by Holmes et al., (1999) incorporating amendments suggested by Taylor et al., (2007)

Related files and references:
Holmes et al. (1999). Description of fluorometric analytical technique.
A simple and precise method for measuring ammonium in marine and freshwater ecosystems
Robert M Holmes, Alain Aminot, Roger Kérouel, Bethanie A Hooker, Bruce J Peterson
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 1999, 56(10): 1801-1808, 10.1139/f99-128
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/f99-128#.UugDShDTncs

Taylor et al. (2007). Description of improvements to Holmes method
Improving the fluorometric ammonium method: matrix effects, background fluorescence, and standard additions
Brad W. Taylor, Christine F. Keep, Robert O. Hall, Benjamin J. Koch, Lusha M. Tronstad, Alexander S. Flecker, Amber J. Ulseth
Journal of The North American Benthological Society - J N AMER BENTHOL SOC 01/2007; 26(2):167-177.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1899/0887-3593(2007)26[167:ITFAMM]2.0.CO;2
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1899/0887-3593%282007%2926%5B167%3AITFAMM%5D2.0.CO%3B2


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