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List of Contributors
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About the Editors
xi
Preface
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Part I Introduction
1 the Principles of Fluorescence
3
Darren M. Reynolds
2 Fluorescence and Dissolved Organic Matter: A chemist’s Perspective
35
George Aiken
3 Aquatic Organic Matter Fluorescence
75
P au l a G . Coble, Robert G. M. Spencer, Andy Baker,
and Darren M. Reynolds
Part II Instrumentation and Sampling
4 sampling Design for Organic Matter Fluorescence Analysis
125
Robert G. M. Spencer and Paula G. Coble
5 Optical spectroscopy instrumentation Design, quality
Assurance, and control: Bench-top Fluorimetry
147
John R. Gilchrist and Darren M. Reynolds
6 experimental Design and quality Assurance: in situ Fluorescence
instrumentation
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R o b y n N . Conmy, Carlos E. Del Castillo,
Bryan D. Downing, and Robert F. Chen
Part III Environmental Effects
7 Physicochemical effects on Dissolved Organic Matter
Fluorescence in natural Waters
233
Christopher L. Osburn, Rossana Del Vecchio,
and Thomas J. Boyd
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