Lipid biomarkers in surface sediments from an unusual coastal upwelling area from the SW Atlantic Ocean

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1385-1399

  Yoshinaga, Marcos Y ^a   Sumida, Paulo Y G ^a   Wakeham, Stuart G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL UPWELLING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; LIPID BIOMARKERS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

ACIDS; AQUACULTURE; FATTY ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BIOMARKER; BOUNDARY CURRENT; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; LIPID; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STEROL; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); BRAZIL; CABO FRIO; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; UBATUBA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; SALPIDA;

EID: 51449118624     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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