Carbon sources and cycle in the western Mediterranean - The use of molecular markers to determine the origin of organic matter

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 781-799

  Bouloubassi, I ^a,c   Lipiatou, E ^a,d   Saliot, A ^a   Tolosa, I ^b   Bayona, J M ^b   Albaiges, J ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; PANTHERA LEO; TRACHEOPHYTA;

BIOMARKERS; CARBON SOURCES/CYCLE; ORGANIC MATTER; TERRIGENOUS SEDIMENTS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, (WEST);

EID: 0030710134     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(96)00094-X     Document Type: Article

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