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A Liquid Scintillation Method for measuring Carbon-14 Uptake in Photosynthesis

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THE accurate determination of the radioactivity of stock sodium carbonate solutions and the correction of the radioactivity of membrane filtered algae to zero thickness are two of the greatest barriers to accurate productivity measurements using carbon-14.

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SCHINDLER, D. A Liquid Scintillation Method for measuring Carbon-14 Uptake in Photosynthesis. Nature 211, 844–845 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211844a0

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