Evidence for an aquatic plant origin of ketones found in Taihu Lake sediments

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 397, Issue , 1999, Pages 149-154

  Wenchuan, Qu ^a   Dickman, Mike ^b   Sumin, Wang ^a   Ruijin, Wu ^a   Pingzhong, Zhang ^c   Jianfa, Chen ^c  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Biogenic origin; Cyanobacteria; Sediment ketones; Taihu Lake; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032854037     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003624625076     Document Type: Article

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