Molecular and isotopic characterization of the particulate organic matter from an eutrophic coastal bay in SE Brazil

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 2293-2302

  Kalas, Francine A ^a   Carreira, Renato S ^b   Macko, Stephen A ^c   R Wagener, Angela L ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Guanabara Bay; Isotopes; Molecular markers; Particulate organic matter

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BAY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DILUTION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; STEROL; WATER COLUMN;

BRAZIL; GUANABARA BAY; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70350568838     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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