Carbon and nitrogen isotopic ratios of suspended particulate organic matter (SPOM) in the Black Sea water column

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 17-19, 2006, Pages 1875-1892

  Çoban Yildiz, Yeşim ^a   Altabet, Mark A ^b   Yilmaz, Ayşen ^c   Tuǧrul, Süleyman ^c  

^a BOTAS International Limited   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Black Sea; Marmara Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Organic matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LIPIDS; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEDIMENTS;

CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC PRODUCTION; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; LARGE-SIZED PARTICLE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER (SPOM);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUPHOTIC ZONE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INFLOW; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER COLUMN;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 33748944700     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.03.021     Document Type: Article

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