Effect of land use on the biogeochemistry of dissolved nutrients and suspended and sedimentary organic matter in the tropical Kallada River and Ashtamudi estuary, Kerala, India

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-47

  Jennerjahn, T C ^a   Soman, K ^b   Ittekkot, V ^a   Nordhaus, I ^a   Sooraj, S ^b   Priya, R S ^b   Lahajnar, N ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Biogeochemistry; Land use; Nutrients; Rivers; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AMINO ACID; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLVED MATTER; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LAND USE; ORGANIC MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ASHTAMUDI ESTUARY; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KALLADA RIVER; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 51849095762     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-008-9228-1     Document Type: Article

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