Variability in radiocarbon ages of biochemical compound classes of high molecular weight dissolved organic matter in estuaries

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 188-194

  Wang, Xu Chen ^a,b   Callahan, Julie ^a   Chen, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

dissolved organic matter; estuary; HMW DOM; organic fractions; radiocarbon age

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 33646856222     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.01.018     Document Type: Article

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