Carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions of particulate organic matter and biogeochemical processes in the eutrophic Danshuei Estuary in northern Taiwan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 382, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-120

  Liu, Kon Kee ^a,b   Kao, Shuh Ji ^c   Wen, Liang Saw ^d   Chen, Kuan Lun ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b National Center for Ocean Research   (Taiwan)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon; Estuary; Eutrophic; Isotopes; Nitrogen; Particulate organic matter; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ESTUARIES; EUTROPHICATION; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; TAIWAN; TRACE ANALYSIS;

AMMONIA INHIBITION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; NITRATE UPTAKE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AMMONIA; CARBON; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; FLOODING; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN CYCLING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TAIWAN; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AMMONIA; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NATURAL DISASTERS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVERS; TAIWAN; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; DANSHUEI ESTUARY; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 34249985497     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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