Abundance, size distribution, and stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions of marine organic matter isolated by tangential-flow ultrafiltration

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 243-263

  Benner, Ronald ^a,b   Biddanda, Bopaiah ^a   Black, Brenda ^a   McCarthy, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved and particulate organic matter; Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARBON ISOTOPES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; ORGANIC MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC; PACIFIC;

EID: 0030804222     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(97)00013-3     Document Type: Article

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