Distribution of pigments and fatty acid biomarkers in particulate matter from the frontal structure of the Alboran Sea (SW Mediterranean Sea)

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 103-125

  Tolosa, Imma ^a   Vescovali, Isabelle ^b   LeBlond, Nathalie ^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; Fatty acids; Isotope carbon ratios; Lipid biomarkers; Mediterranean Sea; Particulate matter; Pigments

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; FATTY ACID; OCEANIC FRONT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PIGMENT;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 2942629110     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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