Assessment of the molecular composition of particulate organic matter exchanged between the saeftinghe salt marsh (southwestern Netherlands) and the adjacent water system

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 221-243

  Klap, Vincent A ^a   Boon, Jaap J ^b   Hemminga, Marten A ^a   Van Soelen, Jos ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

gas chromatography; mass spectrometry; particulate organic matter; pyrolysis; salt marshes; tidal exchange

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR COMPOSITION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SALT MARSHES; TIDAL EXCHANGE;

NETHERLANDS, SAEFTINGHE;

EID: 0030470213     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4203(96)00043-6     Document Type: Article

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