Estimating the contribution of Spartina anglica biomass to salt-marsh sediments using compound specific stable carbon isotope measurements

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 477-483

  Bull, Ian D ^a   Van Bergen, Pim F ^a   Bol, Roland ^b   Brown, Sue ^c   Gledhill, Andrew R ^a   Gray, Alan J ^c   Harkness, Douglas D ^d   Woodbury, Simon E ^a   Evershed, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC MIXING MODEL; SALT MARSH SEDIMENTS; SPARTINA ANGLICA;

ALCOHOLS; CARBON; ISOTOPES; LIPIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 0032810598     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(99)00022-4     Document Type: Article

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