Major flux of terrigenous dissolved organic matter through the Arctic Ocean

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2017-2023

  Opsahl, Stephen ^a,c   Benner, Ronald ^a,d   Amon, Rainer M W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARBON; CARBON 13; LIGNIN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; RIVER; SOLUTE CONCENTRATION; TROPICS;

CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LIGNIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

GYMNOSPERMAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0032713369     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.8.2017     Document Type: Article

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