Temporal variations of organic carbon inputs into the upper Yukon River: Evidence from fatty acids and their stable carbon isotopic compositions in dissolved, colloidal and particulate phases

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 944-956

  Zou, Li ^a,b   Sun, Ming Yi ^a   Guo, Laodong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PRODUCTION; BIOCHEMICAL DEGRADATION; CARBON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; SNOWMELT;

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; EROSION; FATTY ACIDS; MELTING; RAIN; RIVERS; SNOW;

CARBON;

CARBON ISOTOPE; COLLOID; DEGRADATION; DISCHARGE; FATTY ACID; MASS BALANCE; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RAINFALL; RIVER; SNOWMELT; SOIL EROSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUKON RIVER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33745960270     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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