THE RADIOANALYTICAL DETERMINATION OF COSMOGENIC P-32 IN MARINE SAMPLES FOR THE STUDY OF THE PHOSPHATE ION TURNOVER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Authors
TESTA C DESIDERI D GUERRA F MELI MA ROSELLI C
Citation
C. Testa et al., THE RADIOANALYTICAL DETERMINATION OF COSMOGENIC P-32 IN MARINE SAMPLES FOR THE STUDY OF THE PHOSPHATE ION TURNOVER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA, Radiochimica Acta, 78, 1997, pp. 159-161
Citations number
6
Journal title
Radiochimica Acta → ACNP
ISSN journal
00338230
Volume
78
Year of publication
1997
Pages
159 - 161
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-8230(1997)78:<159:TRDOCP>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Due to its peculiar half life (14.3 d), cosmogenic P-32 can be used fo r the determination of the phosphate turnover in the oceans. This pape r reports the sampling techniques used to collect phytoplankton, zoopl ankton, particulate matter and to concentrate the dissolved inorganic phosphate (DIP) from large volumes of sea water. Moreover the radioana lytical procedures to isolate P-32 and to count the final sources are described. The preliminary results obtained during three different cam paignes are finally reported.