Evaluation of triterpenols and sterols as organic matter biomarkers in a mangrove ecosystem in northern Brazil

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 257-263

  Koch, B P ^a   Rullkotter J ^b   Lara, R J ^c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avicennia; Biomarker; Brazil; Chemotaxonomy; GC MS; Germanicol; Laguncularia; Olean 18 en 3 ol; Rhizophora; Sterol; Taraxerol; Triterpenol; Ucides

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; FECES; MANGROVE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT; STEROL;

BRAZIL;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA GERMINANS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ELEOCHARIS; GECARCINIDAE; HALOPHILA; LAGUNCULARIA; LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA; OCYPODIDAE; RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SCYLLA; SPOROBOLUS; SPOROBOLUS VIRGINICUS; UCIDES; UCIDES CORDATUS;

EID: 0041854522     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025063516054     Document Type: Article

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