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1220 A • ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, VOL. 56, NO. 1 1 , SEPTEMBER
1984
Books Overall, the strength of this book lies in the wealth of practical informa tion presented, as well as the large number of examples of and references to the use of GC capillary columns. Those interested in these (largely ap plied) matters will find the book to be valuable; certainly beyond doubt is that compared to other recent of ferings that purport to deal with the same subject matter, this work excels. Unfortunately, however, those who are interested in a modern treatment of the fundamental aspects of open tubu lar column gas chromatography will be disappointed. Methods of Seawater Analysis. 2nd re vised ed. K. Grasshoff, M. Ehrhardt, K. Kremling, Eds. xxviii + 419 pp. Verlag Chemie International Inc., 303 N.W. 12th Ave., Deerfield Beach, Fla. 33441. 1983. $70
Reviewed by Robert Petty, Marine Science Institute, University of Cali fornia, Santa Barbara, Calif. 93106 The purpose of this book is to update and expand the material cov ered in the first edition, which was published in 1976 and "was quickly accepted by marine scientists as a reli able source of information on analyti cal procedures specifically developed for the use with seawater" (from the preface). Its main emphasis is on pro viding detailed methods for the deter mination of specific substances and properties of seawater. A general dis cussion and specific information on seawater sampling and sample storage and a chapter on automated chemical analysis are also included. Although not intended as compre hensive reviews, each chapter is a rea sonably thorough presentation of a particular topic. The choice of topics, however, has resulted in a wide varia tion in chapter length and complexity. For instance, chapter 6 is a four-page description of the titrimetric determi nation of thiosulfate, whereas chapter 9 is 64 pages long and covers the de termination of nutrients by presenting one section on phosphorus, one on sili ca, and five sections on various forms of nitrogen. Most of the substances covered are specific compounds, ions, or elements. The extensive chapter on organic constituents, however, ad dresses mainly classes of substances, including petroleum residues, organochlorines, phenolics, amino acids, and carbohydrates. Determination of indi vidual components within these groups is generally made possible by chromatographic techniques. Typically included for each analyti cal species or property are an intro-
