Influence of the Danube River inputs on C and N stable isotope ratios of the Romanian coastal waters and sediment (Black Sea)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1385-1394

  Bǎnaru, Daniela ^a   Harmelin Vivien, Mireille ^a   Gomoiu, Marian Traian ^b   Onciu, Teodora Maria ^b  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b OVIDIUS UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Danube River; Seawater POM; Sediment; Stable isotopes; Terrestrial organic matter

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; COASTAL ZONES; MARINE POLLUTION; NITROGEN; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RIVERS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS;

PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER (POM); SEAWATER POM; STABLE ISOTOPE RATIOS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC MATTER;

ISOTOPES;

CARBON; CARBON 13; CARBON 14; NITROGEN 15; ORGANIC MATTER; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER;

CARBON ISOTOPE; COASTAL WATER; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVER; ROMANIA; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT;

BLACK SEA; DANUBE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 35548936987     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.05.022     Document Type: Article

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