Aerobic respiration and hypoxia in the lower st. lawrence estuary: Stable isotope ratios of dissolved oxygen constrain oxygen sink partitioning

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2157-2169

  Lehmann, Moritz F ^a,b   Barnett, Bruce ^c   Gelinas Y ^b,d   Gilbert, Denis ^e   Maranger, Roxane J ^f   Mucci, Alfonso ^b,g   Sundby, Bjorn ^g,h   Thibodeau, Benoit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^e MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HYPOXIA; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70349959838     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.6.2157     Document Type: Article

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