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An improved oxygen method for measuring primary production in lakes

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The accuracy of the Winkler technique for measuring dissolved oxygen was increased to 0.002–0.005 mg O2/l with a photometric endpoint detection method. This precision is valuable for accurate measurements of primary production only if an oxygen release on illuminating dark adapted samples and the instability of the oxygen concentration of undersaturated water are taken into account.

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  1. P. A. Tschumi, D. Zbären & J. Zbären

    Present address: Department of Zoology, Zoologisches Institut, University of Berne, Sahlistrasse 8, CH-3012, Bern, Switzerland

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    This work was supported by the ‘Swiss National Science Foundation’.

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    Tschumi, P.A., Zbären, D. & Zbären, J. An improved oxygen method for measuring primary production in lakes. Schweiz. Z. Hydrologie 39, 306–313 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02502676

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