Identifying sources of organic matter in sediments from a detritivorous coral reef fish territory

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1257-1269

  Wilson, Shaun ^a   Burns, Kathryn ^b   Codi, Susan ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Detritus; Fatty acids; Hydrocarbons; Lipid biomarkers; Sediments; Sterols

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER;

CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DETRITUS; DIET; LIPID COMPOSITION; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

ALGAE; BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; FATTY ACIDS; FISHERIES; LIPIDS; SAMPLING;

SEDIMENTS;

CORAL REEF; ORGANIC MATTER; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0034757880     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(01)00084-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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