DEFRApH - Sample collection and handling procedures

Hydes, D.J.. 2011 DEFRApH - Sample collection and handling procedures. Southampton, UK, National Oceanography Centre, 20pp. (National Oceanography Centre Internal Document 02)

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Abstract/Summary

All chemical and biogeochemical process in the sea are affected by the acidity of the water. Acidity is therefore fundamental property of seawater. The growing concern that the acidity of the oceans might be increasing has revealed weaknesses in our knowledge of this fundamental property and its variation in space and time. In 2008 the DEFRApH project (DEFRA contract ME4133) was initiated to provide this missing information in UK related waters. It required sampling for and analysis of the total inorganic carbon and total alkalinity content of samples. This reports documents the procedures sued for sampling. A companion document Hartman Dumousseaud and Roberts (NOC Internal Document No. 01) describes in detail the analytical procedures used and the calculation of the results.

Item Type:	Publication - Report (Other)
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Deposited at authors request.
Additional Keywords:	Mercuric Chloride, Preservation, Safety, Sample collection, Total alkalinity, Total inorganic carbon, Transportation
Date made live:	19 Aug 2011 15:01 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/295435

Item Type:

Publication - Report (Other)

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Deposited at authors request.

Additional Keywords:

Mercuric Chloride, Preservation, Safety, Sample collection, Total alkalinity, Total inorganic carbon, Transportation

Date made live:

19 Aug 2011 15:01 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/295435