Distribution of sterol and fatty alcohol biomarkers in particulate matter from the frontal structure of the Alboran Sea (S.W. Mediterranean Sea)

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 82, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 161-183

  Tolosa, Imma ^a   LeBlond, Nathalie ^b   Copin Montégut, Claire ^b   Marty, Jean Claude ^b   De Mora, Stephen ^a   Prieur, Louis ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Alboran Sea; Almeria Oran front; Distribution; Isotope carbon ratios; Lipid biomarkers; Mediterranean Sea; Particulate matter; Sterols

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMARKER; FATTY ACID; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROVENANCE; SEAWATER; STEROL; WATER COLUMN;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0042926670     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(03)00051-3     Document Type: Article

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