Carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios in sedimenting particulate organic matter at an upwelling site off Vancouver Island

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 193-203

  Wu, J P ^a   Calvert, S E ^a   Wong, C S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon; Nitrogen; Particulate organic matter; Stable isotope; Subarctic eastern Pacific

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; NITROGEN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; UPWELLING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033082679     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1998.0409     Document Type: Article

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