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Nutrients and organic compounds in the North Sea (Concentrations, Dynamics and Methods): a review

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Abbreviations

AA:

Amino acids

ARGE:

Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Reinhaltung der Elbe

ASP:

Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning

ATP:

Adenosine triphosphate

CCW:

Continental coastal water

CFA:

Continuous flow autoanalyzer

CHN:

Carbon, hydrogenium and nitrogen analyzer

COMP:

Common procedure

CNN:

Cloud condensation nuclei

DA:

Dalton

DCAA:

Dissolved combined amino acids

DFAA:

Dissolved free amino acids

DIN:

Dissolved inorganic nitrogen

DIP:

Dissolved inorganic phosphorus

DMDS:

Dimethyl disulfide

DMS:

Dimethyl sulfide

DMSP:

Dimethylsulphoriopropionate

DOC:

Dissolved organic carbon

DOM:

Dissolved organic matter

DON:

Dissolved organic nitrogen

DOP:

Dissolved organic phosphorus

DSP:

Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning

EDMED:

European Directory of Marine Environmental Data

ELCD:

Electrolytic Conductivity Detector

ERSEM:

European Regional Seas Ecosystem Model Project

FFF:

Field-flow fractionation

FIA:

Flow injection systems

FID:

Flame ionisation detection

FPD:

Flame photometric detection

FLEX:

Fladen Ground Experiment

GC:

Gas chromatography

GC/MS:

Gas chromatography/Mass spectrometry

GEMS:

Gel electro phoresis mass spectrometry

HMW:

High-molecular-weight

HPLC:

High performance liquid chromatography

HPSEC:

High pressure size exclusion chromatography

HS:

Humic substances

HTC:

High temperature combustion

HTCO:

High temperature catalytic oxidation

ICES:

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

ICP:

Ion capture plasma

ICP-AES:

Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy

IEF:

Isoelectric focussing

IOS:

Institute of Ocean Sciences

IR:

Infrared

KUSTOS:

Coastal mass and energy fluxes — the land-sea transition in the south-eastern North Sea

LC:

Liquid chromatography

MAGIC:

A sensitive and precise method for measuring dis-solved phosphorus in aquatic environments

MCE:

Microelectrophorese

MSA:

Methanesulfonic acid

MTZ:

Maximum turbidity zone

NADP:

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate

NADPH:

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate hydroxide

NCC:

Norwegian Coastal Current

NERC:

Natural environment research council

NOWESP:

North-West European Shelf Programme

NMR:

Nuclearmagnetic resonance

NOMADS:

Ocean models and Assimilation Demonstration System

NSTF:

North Sea Task Force

OMEX:

Ocean Margin Exchange Project

OPA:

Orthophtaldialdehyde

OPA-IBC:

Ortho-phtaldialdehyde and N-isobutyral-D-cysteine

OSPAR:

Oslo-Paris Commission for protection of the north-east Atlantic

OSPARCOM:

Oslo-Paris Commissions

PCB:

Polychlorinated biphenyl

PER:

Phytoplankton extracellular release

PID:

Photo-ionisation detector

PC02:

C02 partial pressure

POC:

Particulate organic carbon

POM:

Particulate organic matter

PON:

Particulate organic nitrogen

POP:

Particulate organic phosphorus

PN:

Particulate nitrogen

PP:

Particulate phosphorus

PSP:

Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning

QUASIMEME:

Quality Assurance of Information for marine environmental Monitoring in Europe project

QSR:

Quality Status Report

SEC:

Size exclusion chromatography

SIcal:

Saturation index of calcite

SNP:

Soluble nonreactive phosphorus

SPM:

Suspended particulate matter

SRP:

Soluble reactive phosphorus

Sv:

Sverdrup=l km 3/S

SYCON:

Synthesis and new conception of North Sea Research

TA:

Alkalinity

TAA:

Total amino acid

TCH:

Total carbohydrates

TCO2:

Total dissolved inorganic carbon

TDP:

Total dissolved phosphorus

TEP:

Transparent exopolymer particles

TLC:

Thin layer chromatography

TLS:

Total luminescence spectroscopy

TOC:

Total organic carbon

UBA:

Umweltbundesamt (Environmental Agency)

WOCE:

World Ocean Circulation Experiment

YFS:

Young Fish Surveys

ZISCH:

Circulation and Contaminant Fluxes in the North Sea Project

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Topçu, D.H., Brockmann, U. Nutrients and organic compounds in the North Sea (Concentrations, Dynamics and Methods): a review. Senckenbergiana maritima 34, 89–172 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03043230

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