%0 journal article %@ 2211-1220 %A Frank, C., Meier, D., Voss, D., Zielinski, O. %D 2014 %J Methods in Oceanography %P 34-43 %R doi:10.1016/j.mio.2014.09.002 %T Computation of nitrate concentrations in coastal waters using an in situ ultraviolet spectrophotometer: Behavior of different computation methods in a case study a steep salinity gradient in the southern North Sea %U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mio.2014.09.002 %X An extensive dataset of a transect from the Southern North Sea into the Weser estuary (RV HEINCKE transect 345), which covers a broad salinity range as well as a broad range of nitrate concentrations, is used to exemplary show the potential and the limitations of all three methods under these conditions.