Photochemical production of ammonium and transformation of dissolved organic matter in the Baltic Sea

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 227-240

  Stedmon, Colin A ^a   Markager, Stiig ^a   Tranvik, Lars ^b   Kronberg, Leif ^c   Slätis, Tove ^c   Martinsen, Winnie ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Baltic Sea; Coloured dissolved organic matter; Photochemistry

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AMMONIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLUORESCENCE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; REMINERALIZATION; TRANSFORMATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ARKONA BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BOTHNIAN BAY; GULF OF BOTHNIA; GULF OF FINLAND;

EID: 33947594183     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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