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OCCURRENCE OF AMMONIA IN SARGASSO SEA WATERS AND IN RAIN WATER AT BERMUDA 1
Author(s) -
Menzel David W.,
Spaeth Jane P.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1962.7.2.0159
Subject(s) - sargasso sea , oceanography , ammonia , nitrate , nitrogen , environmental science , environmental chemistry , seawater , chemistry , geology , organic chemistry
A year‐around record of the concentration of ammonia‐nitrogen occurring in the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda is given. It is shown that ammonia‐nitrogen is present in significantly greater quantities than nitrate‐nitrogen down to 100 m. In addition it is postulated that a large fraction of naturally occurring ammonia is contributed to surface waters by rainfall.