CMWS 613 - Standard Methods of Seawater, Tissue and Sediment Analysis (3 credits)

(Prereq: MSCI 305 or consent of instructor) An introduction to the practices and techniques of marine analyses. Topics include measurement of nutrients, organic matter, bacteria and trace metals. Students will be introduced to the use of standard marine analytical equipment including atomic absorption spectrophotometer, gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer, ion chromatograph, TOC/TIC analyzer, and CHNS elemental analyzer. S