Lipid biomarker investigation of the origin and diagenetic state of sub-arctic terrestrial organic matter presently exported into the northern Bothnian Bay

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Vonk, Jorien E ^a   van Dongen, Bart E ^a   Gustafsson, Örjan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Kalix River; n Alkanes; Sediment; Sphagnum; Sterols

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; COASTAL WATER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGENESIS; LIPID; MARINE POLLUTION; MOSS; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER DISCHARGE; STEROL; SURFACE WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BOTHNIAN BAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF BOTHNIA; KALIX RIVER; NORRBOTTEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 55549142509     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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