Seasonal variability and controls on chromophoric dissolved organic matter in a large river-dominated coastal margin

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2233-2242

  D'Sa, Eurico J ^a   DiMarco, Steven F ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHOTOOXIDATION; RIVER SYSTEM; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70349937861     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.6.2233     Document Type: Article

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