Stable isotopes of bulk organic matter to trace carbon and nitrogen dynamics in an estuarine ecosystem in Babitonga Bay (Santa Catarina, Brazil)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2226-2232

  Barros, Grace Virgínia ^a,b   Martinelli, Luiz Antonio ^c   Oliveira Novais, Therezinha M ^b   Ometto, Jean Pierre H B ^c   Zuppi, Gian Maria ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOINVILLE REGION   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Babitonga Bay; Estuarine; Mangrove; Organic compounds; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CARBON DYNAMICS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ENDMEMBERS; ESTUARINE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; STABLE ISOTOPES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON 13; NITROGEN 15; ORGANIC MATTER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANGROVE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ESTUARY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

BRAZIL; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHELATING AGENTS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BABITONGA BAY; BRAZIL; SANTA CATARINA;

EID: 77649270932     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.01.060     Document Type: Article

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