Winter and spring characterization of particulate and dissolved organic matter in the Danube-Black Sea mixing zone

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 355-367

  Saliot, A ^a   Derieux, S ^a   Sadouni, N ^a   Bouloubassi, I ^a   Fillaux, J ^a   Dagaut, J ^a   Momzikoff, A ^b   Gondry, G ^b   Guillou, C ^c   Breas, O ^c   Cauwet, G ^d   Deliat, G ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

13C; Amino acids; Carbohydrates; Danube River; Lipids; North western Black Sea; Organic carbon

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FATTY ACID; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PLANKTON; SALINITY; SEASONALITY;

(NORTHWEST); BLACK SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHILIA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0036522641     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.2000.0652     Document Type: Article

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