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Shipboard analytical intercomparison of dissolved iron in surface waters along a north-south transect of the tropical Atlantic Ocean

Shipboard analytical intercomparison of dissolved iron in surface waters along a north-south transect of the tropical Atlantic Ocean
Shipboard analytical intercomparison of dissolved iron in surface waters along a north-south transect of the tropical Atlantic Ocean
A shipboard analytical intercomparison of dissolved (<0.2 m) iron in the surface waters of the Atlantic Ocean was undertaken during October 2000. A single underway surface (1–2 m) seawater sampling and filtration protocol was used, in order to minimise differences from possible sample contamination. Over 200 samples (1/h) were collected over 12 days and analysed immediately using four different analytical methods, based on three variants of flow injection with luminol chemiluminescence (FI–CL) and cathodic stripping voltammetry (CSV). Dissolved iron concentrations varied between 0.02 and 1.61 nM during the intercomparison. On average, CSV [Electroanalysis 12 (2000) 565] measured 0.08 nM higher iron concentrations than one FI–CL method [Anal. Chim. Acta 361 (1998) 189], which measured 0.13 nM higher iron values than the other two [Anal. Chem. 65 (1993) 1524; Anal. Chim. Acta 377 (1998) 113]. Statistical analyses (paired two-tailed t-test) showed that each analytical method gave significantly different dissolved iron concentrations at the 95% confidence interval. These data however, represent a significant improvement over earlier intercomparison exercises for iron. The data have been evaluated with respect to accuracy and overall inter-laboratory replicate precision, which was generally better than the 95% confidence intervals reported for the NASS Certified Reference Materials. Systematic differences between analytical methods were probably due to the extraction of different physico-chemical forms of iron during preconcentration, either on the micro-column resin (in the FI methods) or with competing ligand equilibration (in the CSV method). Small systematic concentration differences may also have resulted from protocols used for quantification of the analytical blank and instrument calibration.
Dissolved iron, Seawater, Analytical intercomparison, Atlantic Ocean
0304-4203
19-34
Bowie, A.R.
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Achterberg, E.P.
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Blain, S.
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Bowie, A.R., Achterberg, E.P., Blain, S., Boyé, M., Croot, P.L., Laan, P., Sarthou, G., De Baar, H.J.W. and Worsfold, P.J. (2003) Shipboard analytical intercomparison of dissolved iron in surface waters along a north-south transect of the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Marine Chemistry, 84 (1-2), 19-34. (doi:10.1016/S0304-4203(03)00091-4).

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A shipboard analytical intercomparison of dissolved (<0.2 m) iron in the surface waters of the Atlantic Ocean was undertaken during October 2000. A single underway surface (1–2 m) seawater sampling and filtration protocol was used, in order to minimise differences from possible sample contamination. Over 200 samples (1/h) were collected over 12 days and analysed immediately using four different analytical methods, based on three variants of flow injection with luminol chemiluminescence (FI–CL) and cathodic stripping voltammetry (CSV). Dissolved iron concentrations varied between 0.02 and 1.61 nM during the intercomparison. On average, CSV [Electroanalysis 12 (2000) 565] measured 0.08 nM higher iron concentrations than one FI–CL method [Anal. Chim. Acta 361 (1998) 189], which measured 0.13 nM higher iron values than the other two [Anal. Chem. 65 (1993) 1524; Anal. Chim. Acta 377 (1998) 113]. Statistical analyses (paired two-tailed t-test) showed that each analytical method gave significantly different dissolved iron concentrations at the 95% confidence interval. These data however, represent a significant improvement over earlier intercomparison exercises for iron. The data have been evaluated with respect to accuracy and overall inter-laboratory replicate precision, which was generally better than the 95% confidence intervals reported for the NASS Certified Reference Materials. Systematic differences between analytical methods were probably due to the extraction of different physico-chemical forms of iron during preconcentration, either on the micro-column resin (in the FI methods) or with competing ligand equilibration (in the CSV method). Small systematic concentration differences may also have resulted from protocols used for quantification of the analytical blank and instrument calibration.

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Published date: 2003
Keywords: Dissolved iron, Seawater, Analytical intercomparison, Atlantic Ocean

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Local EPrints ID: 12534
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/12534
ISSN: 0304-4203
PURE UUID: 4cd9eb08-1797-4bd4-a6e0-a022263b7b65

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Date deposited: 26 Nov 2004
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 05:06

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Author: A.R. Bowie
Author: E.P. Achterberg
Author: S. Blain
Author: M. Boyé
Author: P.L. Croot
Author: P. Laan
Author: G. Sarthou
Author: H.J.W. De Baar
Author: P.J. Worsfold

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