Isotopic composition as a tool for assessment of origin and dynamic of organic matter in tropical freshwater

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 121, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 459-476

  Cunha, M E T ^a   Yabe, M J S ^a   Lobo, I ^a   Aravena, R ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; C:N ratio; Isotopic composition; Organic matter; Tropical freshwater

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPOSITION; ISOTOPES; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC MATTER; TROPICAL FRESHWATER;

RIVERS;

CARBON 13; FRESH WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER BASIN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANT LITTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; SOIL; WATER POLLUTION; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; RIVER; SEASON; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BRAZIL; PARANA BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

AGRICULTURE; BRAZIL; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVERS; SEASONS; SOIL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 33750365517     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-9146-9     Document Type: Article

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