Trace Metals in Sea Water
01 Jan 1983-
TL;DR: In this article, the results of a study conducted by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICOW) have been used for the measurement of trace metals in sea water.
Abstract: Session I: Metalloids and the Hydride Generation.- The Determination of the Chemical Species of Some of the "Hydride Elements" (Arsenic, Antimony, Tin, and Germanium) in Sea Water: Methodology and Results.- Antimony Content and Speciation in the Water Column and Interstitial Waters of Saanich Inlet.- Ultratrace Speciation and Biogenesis of Methyltin Transport Species in Estuarine Waters.- The Relationship of the Distribution of Dissolved Selenium IV and VI in Three Oceans to Physical and Biological Processes.- Session II: Arctic Chemistry.- Trace Metals in the Arctic Ocean.- Copper in Sub-Arctic Waters of the Pacific Northwest.- Low Level Determination of Trace Metals in Arctic Sea Water and Snow by Differential Pulse Anodic Stripping Voltammetry.- The Relationship between Distributions of Dissolved Cadmium, Iron, and Aluminium and Hydrography in the Central Arctic Ocean.- Session III: Intercalibration Exercise.- Intercomparison of Seawater Sampling Devices for Trace Metals.- The Analysis of Trace Metals in Biological Reference Materials: A Discussion of the Results of the Intercomparison Studies Conducted by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea.- An Intercomparison of Sampling Devices and Analytical Techniques Using Sea Water from a CEPEX Enclosure.- Session IV: Estuarine Processes Involving Metals.- Role of Fresh Water/Sea Water Mixing on Trace Metal Adsorption Phenomena.- Effects of Particle Size and Density on the Transport of Metals to the Oceans.- The Effect of Sewage Effluents on the Flocculation of Major and Trace Elements in a Stratified Estuary.- Impoverishment and Decrease of Metallic Elements Associated with Suspended Matter in the Gironde Estuary.- The Significance of the River Input of Chemical Elements to the Ocean.- Session V: Air/Sea Exchange and Coastal Processes Involving Metals.- Air-Sea Exchange of Mercury.- Separation of Copper and Nickel by Low Temperature Processes.- The Fate of Particles and Particle-Reactive Trace Metals in Coastal Waters: Radioisotope Studies in Microcosms.- Trace Metals in a Landlocked Intermittently Anoxic Basin.- Session VI: Ocean Distribution and Analysis.- Thorium Isotope Distributions in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific.- Aspects of the Surface Distributions of Copper, Nickel, Cadmium, and Lead in the North Atlantic and North Pacific.- Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, and Cd in the Western North Atlantic.- Some Recent Measurements of Trace Metals in Atlantic Ocean Waters.- Determination of the Rare Earth Elements in Sea Water.- The Cycle of Living and Dead Particulate Organic Matter in the Pelagic Environment in Relation to Trace Metals.- Trace Metal Levels in Sea Water from the Skagerrak and the Kattegat.- Mercury Concentrations in the North Atlantic in Relation to Cadmium, Aluminium and Oceanographic Parameters.- Perturbations of the Natural Lead Depth Profile in the Sargasso Sea by Industrial Lead.- Copper, Nickel and Cadmium in the Surface Waters of the Mediterranean.- Accurate and Precise Analysis of Trace Levels of Cu, Cd, Pb, Zn, Fe and Ni in Sea Water by Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry.- Session VII: Chemical Speciation.- Studies of the Chemical Forms of Trace Elements in Sea Water Using Radiotracers.- Trace Metals (Fe, Cu, Zn, Cd) in Anoxic Environments.- The Behavior of Trace Metals in Marine Anoxic Waters: Solubilities at the Oxygen-Hydrogen Sulfide Interface.- Variations of Dissolved Organic Copper in Marine Waters.- Trace Metals Speciation in Nearshore Anoxic and Suboxic Pore Waters.- The Contrasting Geochemistry of Manganese and Chromium in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean.- Potentialities and Applications of Voltammetry in Chemical Speciation of Trace Metals in the Sea.- Studies of Cadmium, Copper and Zinc Interactions with Marine Fulvic and Humic Materials in Seawater Using Anodic Stripping Voltammetry.- Chemical Periodicity and the Speciation and Cycling of the Elements.- Potentiometric and Conformational Studies of the Acid-Base Properties of Fulvic Acid from Natural Waters.- Copper Speciation in Marine Waters.- Session VIII: Metals and the Biosphere.- Plankton Compositions and Trace Element Fluxes from the Surface Ocean.- Metals in Seawater as Recorded by Mussels.- Trace Elements and Primary Production: Problems, Effects and Solutions.- Trace Metals and Plankton in the Oceans: Facts and Speculations.- Sensitivity of Natural Bacterial Communities to Additions of Copper and to Cupric Ion Activity: A Bioassay of Copper Complexation in Seawater.- List of Participants.- Index of Authors.
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