Organic matter diagenesis and bacterial contributions to detrital carbon and nitrogen in the Amazon River system

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 681-691

  Tremblay, Luc ^a,b   Benner, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; CARBON; DIAGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTODETRITUS; SUGAR; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AMAZON RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 66149108401     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.3.0681     Document Type: Article

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