The cycling and oxidation pathways of organic carbon in a shallow estuary along the Texas Gulf Coast

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-84

  Warnken, Kent W ^a   Santschi, Peter H ^a   Roberts, Kimberly A ^a   Gill, Gary A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

benthic flux; Galveston Bay; organic carbon; pore water; sediments; Trinity River

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BENTHIC FLUX; CARBON CYCLE; ESTIMATION METHOD; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; MASS BALANCE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; POREWATER; RADIONUCLIDE; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; STOICHIOMETRY;

CANADA; GALVESTON BAY; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; TRINITY BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36749068442     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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