Sources and fate of amino sugars in coastal Peruvian sediments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2229-2237

  Niggemann, Jutta ^a   Schubert, Carsten J ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CHITIN; COASTAL SEDIMENT; NITROGEN CYCLE; SUGAR; WATER COLUMN;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33645927962     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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