Radiocarbon in marine bacteria: Evidence for the ages of assimilated carbon

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 3 I, 1999, Pages 730-736

  Cherrier, Jennifer ^a   Bauer, James E ^b   Druffel, Ellen R M ^c   Coffin, Richard B ^d   Chanton, Jeffrey P ^e  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; RADIOCARBON DATING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ROSA;

EID: 0032902908     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.3.0730     Document Type: Article

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