Rates and mechanisms of fatty acid degradation in oxic and anoxic coastal marine sediments of Long Island Sound, New York, USA

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 341-355

  Sun, Ming Yi ^a,b,c   Wakeham, Stuart G ^b   Lee, Cindy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENT; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; DEGRADATION; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACIDS; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MATTER DEGRADATION; OXIC SEDIMENT; TOXIC SEDIMENT;

USA, NEW YORK, LONG ISLAND SOUND;

EID: 0030908805     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00315-8     Document Type: Article

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