Fluorescence characteristics of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in shallow water along the Zhejiang coasts, southeast China

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 187-197

  Gao, Lei ^a,b   Fan, Daidu ^b   Li, Daoji ^a   Cai, Jingong ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycle; Coastal waters; East China Sea; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Pollution effects; Salt marshes; Submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COASTAL WATERS; EAST CHINA SEA; POLLUTION EFFECTS; SALT MARSHES; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COASTAL ZONES; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DISSOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PROTEINS; RIVERS; SUBMARINES; WETLANDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FRESH WATER; GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COASTAL WATER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLLUTION EFFECT; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SHALLOW WATER;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; RIVER; SALINITY; SALT MARSH; SEASHORE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; PROTEINS; SEAWATER; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

CHINA; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 75449094218     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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