Following is a list of references to standard operating procedures, best practices, manuals and user guides (in alphabetical order) which include information on how to handle dissolved nutrients measurements in marine waters. Please contact the IOCCP Office if you have suggestions for documents that you think are missing from this site.
IOCCP-JAMSTEC Inter-laboratory Comparisons
- A report from the IOCCP-JAMSTEC 2018 Inter-laboratory Comparison Exercise of a CRM for Nutrients in Seawater
- 2017-2018 Inter-laboratory Comparison Exercise of Certified Reference Material for Nutrients in Seawater
- 2015 Inter-comparison Study of Certified Reference Material and Reference Material for Nutrients in Seawater (CRM & RMNS)
- 2008 Inter-laboratory Comparison Study of a Reference Material for Nutrients in Seawater
- 2006 Inter-labortory Comparison Study of a Reference Material for Nutrients in Seawater
MANUALS AND GUIDES
- Palevsky, H.I., Clayton, S., et al (2023) OOI Biogeochemical Sensor Data: Best Practices & User Guide, Version 1.1.1. Ocean Observatories Initiative Biogeochemical Sensor Data Working Group, 134pp. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25607/OBP-1865.2
- Becker S, Aoyama M, Woodward EMS, Bakker K, Coverly S, Mahaffey C and Tanhua T, (2020) GO-SHIP Repeat Hydrography Nutrient Manual: The Precise and Accurate Determination of Dissolved Inorganic Nutrients in Seawater, Using continuous Flow Analysis Methods. Mar. Sci. 7:581790. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.581790
- Becker, S.; Aoyama, M.; Woodward, E.M.S.; Bakker, K.; Coverly. S.; Mahaffey, C. and Tanhua, T. (2019) GO-SHIP Repeat Hydrography Nutrient Manual: The precise and accurate determination of dissolved inorganic nutrients in seawater, using Continuous Flow Analysis methods. In: The GO-SHIP Repeat Hydrography Manual: A Collection of Expert Reports and Guidelines. Available online at: http://www.go-ship.org/HydroMan.html. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-555
- Hydes D, Aoyama M, Aminot Alain, Bakker K, Becker S, Coverly S, Daniel Anne, Dickson A, Grosso O, Kerouel Roger, Van Ooijen J, Sato K, Tanhua T, Woodward M, Zhang J (2010). Determination of dissolved nutrients (N, P, Si) in seawater with high precision and inter-comparability using gas-segmented continuous flow analysers. In The GO-SHIP Repeat Hydrography Manual: A Collection of Expert Reports and guidelines. IOCCP Report No 14, ICPO Publication Series No. 134, version 1, 2010 (UNESCO/IOC).
- Guideline of Ocean Observations. Volumes 1-10, 3rd edition, The Oceanographic Society of Japan, April 2018.
- M. Aoyama, K. Bakker, J. van Ooijen, S. Ossebaar, E.M.S. Woodward (2015). Report from an International Nutrient Workshop focusing on Phosphate Analysis, 2015, Yang Yang Publisher, Fukushima, Japan.
More reading and previous manuals:
- Gordon LI, Jennings JC Jr., Ross AA, Krest JM (1993). A Suggested Protocol for Continuous Flow Automated Analysis of Seawater Nutrients (Phosphate, Nitrate, Nitrite and Silicic Acid) in the WOCE Hydrographic Program and the Joint Global Ocean Fluxes Study. Oregon State University College of Oceanography Descriptive Chemical Oceanography Group Technical Report 93-1, WOCE Hydrographic Program Office, Methods Manual WHPO 91-1.
- GEOTRACES Cookbook: Sampling and Sample-handling Protocols for GEOTRACES Cruises. Edited by the 2013 GEOTRACES Standards and Intercalibration Committee. Version 2.0, December 2014.