Chemical and isotopic composition of high-molecular-weight dissolved organic matter from the Mississippi River plume

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 63-71

  Guo, Laodong ^a   White, Daniel M ^b   Xu, Chen ^c   Santschi, Peter H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid polysaccharides; Carbohydrates; Colloids; Dissolved organic matter; Mississippi River plume; Radiocarbon; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL ZONE; COLLOID; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ESTUARINE FRONT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYSACCHARIDE; PYROLYSIS; RIVER PLUME; STABLE ISOTOPE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI PLUME;

EID: 67349242484     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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