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Chemical changes in sea water off Plymouth during 1957

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

F. A. J. Armstrong
Affiliation:
The Plymouth Laboratory
E. I. Butler
Affiliation:
The Plymouth Laboratory

Extract

Analyses of sea water collected during 1957 at the International Hydrographic Station E1 (lat. 50° 02′ N., long 4° 22′ W.) are given here in the same form as in earlier reports (Armstrong, 1954, 1955, I957> 1958). The methods of collection and of analysis for phosphorus and silicon are substantially unchanged. Some analyses were made for ammonia by a vacuum distillation method (Riley, 1953), and for inorganic nitrogen (nitrate + nitrite + ammonia) by reduction of nitrate and nitrite with nickel (Riley & Sinhaseni, 1957) to ammonia, which was vacuum distilled. Salinities were determined by the Government Chemist's Department.

We wish to express our thanks to Lt.-Cdr. C. A. Hoodless and the crew of R.V. ‘Sarsia’ and to Capt. W. J. Creese and the crew of R.V. ‘Sula’, for assistance at sea.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1959

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