Multielement compositions of marine phytoplankton samples from coastal areas of Japan by instrumental neutron activation analysis.
Phytoplankton samples were collected during spring bloom of diatoms from three coastal areas of Japan using a NORPAC P-25 net (25-micron opening) with a NGG52 prenet (335-micron opening), and 25 major and trace elements have been analyzed by INAA. Concentration ranges of analyzed phytoplankton samples are much wider than the concentration ranges compiled by Bowen (1979) except for As, and data of marine phytoplankton samples for Br, Sb, Hf, Sc, La, Ce, Sm, and Eu were not included in the compilation. The 25 analyzed elements have been categorized into three groups: elements showing positive correlation with Br, positive correlation with Al, and no positive correlation with Br or Al. The marine phytoplankton samples have been plotted on a Masuzawa-Koyama-Terazaki (MKT) plot and it proved that the MKT plot is applicable to marine phytoplankton samples.
Masuzawa
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Institute for Hydrospheric-Atmospheric Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan.
Suzuki
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Seki
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Kosugi
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Hibi
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Yamamoto
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M
Takada
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J
Matsushita
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Yanada
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D007564:Japan; D008386:Marine Biology; D009501:Neutron Activation Analysis; D010839:Phytoplankton / Q000737:chemistry*; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis*
D014131:Trace Elements