Isotopic and molecular distributions of biochemicals from fresh and buried Rhizophora mangle leaves

Geochemical Transactions

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 38-46

  Smallwood, Barbara J ^a   Wooller, Matthew J ^b   Jacobson, Myrna E ^c   Fogel, Marilyn L ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANGROVE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

BELIZE; CENTRAL AMERICA; STANN CREEK; TWIN CAYS;

EID: 3042618095     PISSN: 14674866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b308902a     Document Type: Article

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