Store sample in dark and keep refrigerated/cold before transport to laboratory. Pesticide sampling Collect sea surface water in a one-litre brown glass bottle (available from Queensland laboratory). Do not rinse bottles, and fill them to the neck of the bottle leaving an air gap. samples in fridge, preferably dark location until collection, and after collection in esky on ice until returned to laboratory. Do not freeze bottle. A summary of the field processing and storage requirements are listed in Table 23. Table 23 Summary of the sampling protocols with identification of procedures needed, laboratory containers required, and storage technique Post quality Field field Laboratory Storage parameter processing container Filtered 10 ml plastic DIN n/a Frozen sample tube Filtered 10 ml plastic TDN n/a Frozen sample tube Filtered 10 ml plastic PN n/a Frozen sample tube Filtered 10 ml plastic PP n/a Frozen sample tube Filtered 10 ml plastic DIP n/a Frozen sample tube Filtered 10 ml plastic TDP n/a Frozen sample tube Unfiltered 60 ml plastic TN and TP n/a Frozen sample tube Unfiltered Filtered GF/F filter paper sample onto Chlorophyll-a wrapped in Frozen (1,000 ml) in Whatman aluminium foil dark bottle GF/F Unfiltered Total sample 1,000 ml white Stored at suspended n/a (1,000 ml) in bottle 4°C solids clear bottle Filtered 100 ml dark Stored at CDOM n/a sample bottle 4°C
Store sample in dark and keep refrigerated/cold before transport to laboratory. Pesticide sampling Collect sea surface water in a one-litre brown glass bottle (available from Queensland laboratory). Do not rinse bottles, and fill them to the neck of the bottle leaving an air gap. samples in fridge, preferably dark location until collection, and after collection in esky on ice until returned to laboratory. Do not freeze bottle. A summary of the field processing and storage requirements are listed in Table 23. Table 23 Summary of the sampling protocols with identification of procedures needed, laboratory containers required, and storage technique quality parameter Field processing Post field Laboratory container Storage DIN Filtered sample n/a 10 ml plastic tube Frozen TDN Filtered sample n/a 10 ml plastic tube Frozen PN Filtered sample n/a 10 ml plastic tube Frozen PP Filtered sample n/a 10 ml plastic tube Frozen DIP Filtered sample n/a 10 ml plastic tube Frozen TDP Filtered sample n/a 10 ml plastic tube Frozen TN and TP Unfiltered sample n/a 60 ml plastic tube Frozen Chlorophyll-a Unfiltered sample (1,000 ml) in dark bottle Filtered onto Whatman GF/F GF/F filter paper wrapped in aluminium foil Frozen Total suspended solids Unfiltered sample (1,000 ml) in clear bottle n/a 1,000 ml white bottle Stored at 4°C CDOM Filtered sample n/a 100 ml dark bottle Stored at 4°C
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