Seasonal variation in stable C and N isotope ratios of the Rhone River inputs to the Mediterranean Sea (2004-2005)

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-150

  Harmelin Vivien, M ^a   Dierking, J ^a   Banaru D ^a   Fontaine, M F ^a   Arlhac, D ^a  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

C N; Chlorophyll; Freshwater organic matter; Gulf of Lions; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; AUTOCHTHON; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; DIATOM; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLOROPHYLL A; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RHONE RIVER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 77956283519     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9411-z     Document Type: Article

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