A major biopolymeric component to dissolved organic carbon in surface sea water

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6629, 1997, Pages 166-169

  Aluwihare, Lihini I ^a   Repeta, Daniel J ^a   Chen, Robert F ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; CARBON; SURFACE WATER;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPOLYMERIC COMPONENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; SURFACE WATER;

ATLANTIC; PACIFIC;

EID: 0030617784     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/387166a0     Document Type: Article

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