Spatiotemporal distribution of dissolved acidic polysaccharides (dAPS) in a tidal estuary

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1449-1460

  Thornton, Daniel C O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; POLYSACCHARIDE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL CYCLE;

CRAB HAUL CREEK; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 67949086536     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.5.1449     Document Type: Article

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