Dissolved and particulate organic matter source-age characterization in the upper and lower Chesapeake Bay: A combined isotope and biochemical approach

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1421-1431

  Loh, Ai Ning ^a,b   Bauer, James E ^a   Canuel, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ESTUARY; FRESHWATER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER WATER;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; SUSQUEHANNA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 33644861617     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.3.1421     Document Type: Article

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