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The development of a highly sensitive system for the shipboard determi
nation of dissolved iron at the sub-nM level is presented. The techniq
ue is based on a flow injection method coupled with luminol chemilumin
escence detection. Dissolved Fe(II+III) levels are determined after Fe
(III) reduction using sulphite and in-line matrix elimination/preconce
ntration on an 8-hydroxyguinoline (8-quinolinol) chelating resin colum
n. The detection limit (3s) is 40 when 1.5 ml of sample is loaded onto
the column, and the relative standard deviation is 3.2% (n=5) for a 1
.0 nhl Fe sample. One analytical cycle can be completed in 3 min. The
automated method proved reliable when employed on-board the RRS James
Clark Ross during Autumn 1996. mapping dissolvable Fe(II+III) levels a
long the Atlantic Meridional Transect from 50 degrees N to 50 degrees
S. Data from vertical profiles through the upper water column are pres
ented. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.