Mangroves, a major source of dissolved organic carbon to the oceans

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Dittmar, Thorsten ^a   Hertkorn, Norbert ^b   Kattner, Gerhard ^c   Lara, Rubén J ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GEOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MANGROVE;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 33646566352     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GB002570     Document Type: Article

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