Cycling of high-molecular-weight dissolved organic matter in the Middle Atlantic Bight as revealed by carbon isotopic (13C and 14C) signatures

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1242-1252

  Guo, Laodong ^a   Santschi, Peter H ^a   Cifuentes, Luis A ^a   Trumbore, Susan E ^b   Southon, John ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0030459560     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.6.1242     Document Type: Article

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