Use of lipids and their degradation products as biomarkers for carbon cycling in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 25-40

  Christodoulou, Stéphane ^a   Marty, Jean Claude ^b,c   Miquel, Juan Carlos ^d   Volkman, John K ^e   Rontani, Jean François ^a  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d IAEA Marine Environment Laboratories   (Monaco)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autoxidation; Bacterial degradation; Degradation products; Lipids; Northwestern Mediterranean Sea; Particulate organic matter; Photooxidation; Sediment traps; Tracers

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKER; CARBON CYCLE; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; LIPID; MARINE SEDIMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; PLANKTON; SEDIMENT TRAP; TRACER; URANIUM ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMN;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOPHYTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PELAGOPHYCEAE;

EID: 61349154204     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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