Dataset: Test of integrity of dissolved 15N2 gas samples stored in Exetainer vials

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.778047.1Version 1 (2019-10-02)Dataset Type:experimental

Principal Investigator: Julie Granger (University of Connecticut)

Co-Principal Investigator: Annie Bourbonnais (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth)

Co-Principal Investigator: Samuel Wilson (University of Hawai'i)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Mathew Biddle (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Project: EAGER: Collaborative Research: Detection limit in marine nitrogen fixation measurements - Constraints of rates from the mesopelagic ocean (EAGER NitFix)

Abstract

We monitored the 15N2 gas atom% values of prepared solutions stored in Exetainer vials (filled with no headspace) in order to verify that these values remained stable over a period of weeks to months of storage. The integrity of samples was preserved for at least 6 months.

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Test of integrity of dissolved 15N2 gas samples stored in Exetainer vials

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White, A. E., Granger, J., Selden, C., Gradoville, M. R., Potts, L., Bourbonnais, A., Fulweiler, R. W., Knapp, A. N., Mohr, W., Moisander, P. H., Tobias, C. R., Caffin, M., Wilson, S. T., Benavides, M., Bonnet, S., Mulholland, M. R., & Chang, B. X. (2020). A critical review of the 15N2 tracer method to measure diazotrophic production in pelagic ecosystems. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 18(4), 129–147. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10353

Granger, J., Bourbonnais, A., Wilson, S. (2019) Test of integrity of dissolved 15N2 gas samples stored in Exetainer vials. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2019-10-02 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.778047.1 [access date]

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