Lipid biogeochemistry in the Laurentian Trough: I - Fatty acids, sterols and aliphatic hydrocarbons in rapidly settling particles

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 211-225

  Colombo, J C ^a   Silverberg, N ^b   Gearing, J N ^c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

aliphatic hydrocarbons; fatty acids; Laurentian Trough; lipid sources and fluxes; settling particles; sterols

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOMARKERS; ESTUARIES; FATTY ACIDS; LIPIDS; MASS TRANSFER; PARAFFINS; PLANTS (BOTANY); STATISTICAL METHODS;

LAURENTIAN TROUGH; MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQUES; PLANKTONS; SETTLING PARTICLES; STEROLS; UNRESOLVED ANTHROPOGENIC HYDROCARBONS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKER; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; LIPID; LIPIDS; PARTICULATE FLUX; SETTLING PARTICLE;

ATLANTIC, LAURENTIAN TROUGH;

EID: 0030300294     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(96)00115-5     Document Type: Article

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