Interstitial dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations within sinking marine aggregates and their potential contribution to carbon flux

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1245-1253

  Alldredge, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

EID: 0033834970     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2000.45.6.1245     Document Type: Article

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