Differential transport and degradation of bulk organic carbon and specific terrestrial biomarkers in the surface waters of a sub-arctic brackish bay mixing zone

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 203-214

  van Dongen, Bart E ^a   Zencak, Zdenek ^a   Gustafsson, Örjan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctic; Bothnian Bay; Dissolved organic carbon; Kalix River; n Alkanoic acids; Salinity; Saturated hydrocarbons; Sphagnum; Sterols

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; DEGRADATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MOSS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SUBARCTIC REGION; SURFACE WATER; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

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

EMBRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 56649121899     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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