Potential source and diagenetic signatures of oceanic dissolved and particulate organic matter as distinguished by lipid biomarker distributions

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 189-202

  Loh, Ai Ning ^a   Canuel, Elizabeth A ^b   Bauer, James E ^b  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic matter; Lipids; North Pacific; Particulate organic matter; Sargasso Sea

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; LIPID; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); SARGASSO SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 56649114372     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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