Distribution of organic carbon in sediments and its influences on adjacent sea area in the turbidity maximum of Changjiang Estuary in China

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 83-94

  Gao, Jianhua ^a   Wang, Yaping ^a   Pan, Shaoming ^a   Zhang, Rui ^a   Li, Jun ^b   Bai, Fenglong ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Changjiang Estuary; Chlorophyll a; Hydrodynamics; Stable carbon isotope; Total nitrogen; Total organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; HYDRODYNAMICS; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TREND ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

ALGAE;

EID: 57249084013     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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