Seasonal variation in the biogeochemical cycling of seston in Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1543-1557

  McCusker, Eileen M ^a   Ostrom, Peggy H ^a   Ostrom, Nathaniel E ^a   Jeremiason, Jeffery D ^b   Baker, Joel E ^c  

^a 206 Nat Sci Bldg Michigan S ^*  (United States)

^b MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Lake Michigan; Nitrogen isotopes; Organic matter cycling; PCBs; Seston

Indexed keywords

PHYTOPLANKTONS; SESTON;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGRADATION; FLUORESCENCE; FRACTIONATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIPIDS; MICROORGANISMS; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

LAKES;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; PCB; SEASONALITY; SESTON;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032805776     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(99)00129-1     Document Type: Article

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