Composition, production, and loss of carbohydrates in subtropical shallow subtidal sandy sediments: Rapid processing and long-term retention revealed by 13C-labeling

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2126-2138

  Oakes, Joanne M ^a   Eyre, Bradley D ^a   Middelburg, Jack J ^b,c   Boschker, Henricus T S ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DETRITUS; DIAGENESIS; HETEROTROPHY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PHYTOBENTHOS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77957367887     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.5.2126     Document Type: Article

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