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FURTHER OBSERVATIONS INCONSISTENT WITH THE HYPOTHESIS THAT THE MOLYBDENUM BLUE METHOD MEASURES ORTHOPHOSPHATE IN LAKE WATER 1
Author(s) -
Rigler F. H.
Publication year - 1968
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.1968.13.1.0007
Subject(s) - molybdenum blue , molybdenum , phosphate , phosphorus , environmental science , hydrolysis , chemistry , mineralogy , environmental chemistry , hydrology (agriculture) , inorganic chemistry , geology , biochemistry , organic chemistry , geotechnical engineering
The results of three different observations can be explained by postulating that the concentration of inorganic phosphate in lake water is much lower than indicated by the molybdenum blue test. Hydrolysis of organic phosphorus compounds is suspected to be a source of error.