Carbon cycling in mesohaline Chesapeake Bay sediments 2: Kinetics of particulate and dissolved organic carbon turnover

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 343-383

  Roden, Eric E ^a,b   Tuttle, Jon H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON METABOLISM; KINETIC MODELS; POC DEPOSITION; POC/DOC DEGRADATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

USA, CHESAPEAKE BAY;

EID: 0029732803     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/0022240963213349     Document Type: Article

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