Organic carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in the intertidal sediments from the Yangtze Estuary, China

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1625-1633

  Liu, M ^a   Hou, L J ^b   Xu, S Y ^a   Ou, D N ^a   Yang, Y ^c   Yu, J ^a   Wang, Q ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

C N elemental ratio; China; Intertidal flat; Sedimentary organic matter; Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes; The Yangtze Estuary

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPOSITION; ESTUARIES; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN;

INTERTIDAL FLAT; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTERS; STABLE CARBON; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

SEDIMENTS;

FRESH WATER; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

DIAGENESIS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TIDAL FLAT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DIAGENESIS; ECOLOGY; ESTUARY; FLOOD TIDE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEASON; SEDIMENTATION;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CHINA; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; RIVERS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 33751315513     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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