Particulate organic carbon in the estuarine turbidity maxima of the Gironde, Loire and Seine estuaries: Origin and lability

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 588, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 245-259

  Etcheber, Henri ^a   Taillez, Aurélien ^a   Abril, Gwenaël ^a   Garnier, Josette ^b   Servais, Pierre ^c   Moatar, Florentina ^d   Commarieu, Marc Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Lability; Particulate organic matter; Source

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ESTUARIES; HYDROLYSIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; SOILS;

ORGANIC CARBON LOSS; ORGANIC MATTER LABILITY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON (POC); PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GARONNE RIVER; GIRONDE ESTUARY; ILE-DE-FRANCE; LOIRE ESTUARY; LOIRE-ATLANTIQUE; PARIS; PAYS DE LA LOIRE; SEINE ESTUARY; VILLE-DE-PARIS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547578953     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0667-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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