The fate of terrestrial organic matter in two Scottish sea lochs

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 566-579

  Loh, P S ^a   Reeves, A D ^b   Harvey, S M ^a   Overnell, J ^a   Miller, A E J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diagenesis; lignin; Scottish sea lochs; terrestrial organic matter

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; BIOMARKER; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COPPER COMPOUND; DECOMPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; LIGNIN; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; OXYGENATION; PHENOL; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37749005059     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.07.023     Document Type: Article

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