A comparative study of lipids in Sphagnum species

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 535-541

  Baas, Marianne ^a   Pancost, Rich ^a   Van Geel, Bas ^b   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Ctr for Geo Ecol Res   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Fatty alcohols; n Alkanes; Peat; Sphagnum; Sterols; Triterpenoids; Wax esters

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENOID; STEROLS;

ALCOHOLS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARAFFINS; PEAT;

LIPIDS;

BOG; LIPID; MOSS; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PEATLAND;

EID: 0034125085     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(00)00037-1     Document Type: Article

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