Winter to spring variations of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in a temperate estuary (Po River, northern Adriatic Sea)

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-81

  Berto, D ^a   Giani, M ^a   Savelli, F ^a   Centanni, E ^b   Ferrari, C R ^c   Pavoni, B ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c Agenzia regionale Prevenzione Ambiente dell' Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromophoric dissolved organic matter; Estuary; Northern Adriatic; Po river

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCES; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; CHROMOPHORIC DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; ESTUARINE ZONES; NORTHERN ADRIATIC; NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA; OPTICAL FEATURES; PO RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; SPECTROSCOPIC FEATURES; THERMO-HALINE STRATIFICATION;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLUTION; ESTUARIES; ORGANIC CARBON; PORPHYRINS; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER;

CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ESTUARY; INFLOW; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER FLOW; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SPRING; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WINTER;

CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NITROGEN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOSPHATES; RIVERS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ADRIATIC SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PO RIVER;

EID: 77953542628     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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