Combined carbon isotope and C/N ratios as indicators of source and fate of organic matter in a poorly flushed, tropical estuary: Hunts Bay, Kingston Harbour, Jamaica

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 743-756

  Andrews, J E ^a   Greenaway, A M ^b   Dennis, P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

C N ratios; Carbon; Carbon isotopes; Estuary; Kingston Harbour, Jamaica; Nitrogen; Organic matter; Sewage

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON ISOTOPES; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPE RATIO; PARTICULATE OGRANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PROVENANCE;

HUNTS BAY; JAMAICA; KINGSTON HARBOUR;

EID: 0032077480     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1997.0305     Document Type: Article

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