Interaction of photochemical and microbial processes in the degradation of refractory dissolved organic matter from a coastal marine environment

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1317-1324

  Miller, William L ^a   Moran, Mary Ann ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOTODEGRADATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;

BIODEGRADATION; COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTODEGRADATION;

USA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031396077     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.6.1317     Document Type: Article

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