Dataset: Analyses of nitrate reference solutions in 18O-labeled water with the denitrifier method (Biological Nitrogen Isotope Fractionation project)

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.865519.1Version 1 (2021-11-29)Dataset Type:experimental

Principal Investigator: Julie Granger (University of Connecticut)

Student, Contact: Mengyang Zhou (University of Connecticut)

Analyst: Bonnie X. Chang (University of Washington)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Sawyer Newman (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: CAREER: The biological nitrogen isotope systematics of ammonium consumption and production (Biological Nitrogen Isotope Fractionation)


Abstract

IAEA-NO3 and USGS-34 reference solutions were supplemented with 18O-labeled water and analyzed for N and O isotope ratios.

Sampling and analytical procedures: 

Effects of sample volume and salinity on O atom exchange with water

NO3- reference materials (IAEA-NO3 and USGS-34) were diluted with mixtures of DIW and NO3--deplete Sargasso ranging in salinity from 0 to 35 ppt to achieve NO3- concentrations of 1, 3, 5 and 20 µmol L-1 – corresponding to respective injection volumes of 10, 3.3, 2 and 0.5 mL – in order to attain 10 nmoles of N analyte. Reference materials at corresponding salinity and NO3- concentrations were supplemented with 18O-labled water, resulting in δ18OH2O values ranging from -6.8 to 335‰ vs. VSMOW.


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Dataset: O exchange ratio
Zhou, M., Granger, J., Chang, B. X. (2022) O exchange with water during denitrification with the denitrifier method (Biological Nitrogen Isotope Fractionation project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2021-12-01 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.865666.1

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Methods

Casciotti, K. L., Sigman, D. M., Hastings, M. G., Böhlke, J. K., & Hilkert, A. (2002). Measurement of the Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Nitrate in Seawater and Freshwater Using the Denitrifier Method. Analytical Chemistry, 74(19), 4905–4912. doi:10.1021/ac020113w