Biomarker assessment of organic matter sources and degradation in Canadian High Arctic littoral sediments

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-87

  Pautler, Brent G ^a   Austin, Janice ^a   Otto, Angelika ^a,b   Stewart, Kailey ^c   Lamoureux, Scott F ^c   Simpson, Myrna J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anteiso alkanes; Biomarkers; Iso alkanes; Lignin; Lipids; Littoral sediments; Organic matter

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ALKANE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKER; CLIMATE CHANGE; ERGOSTEROL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HERB; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; PERMAFROST; PHENOL; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLVENT; STEROID; TERPENE; VULNERABILITY;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

CERASTIUM; CERASTIUM ARCTICUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 77956284379     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-009-9405-x     Document Type: Article

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