Sources and accumulation of organic carbon in the Pearl River Estuary surface sediment as indicated by elemental, stable carbon isotopic, and carbohydrate compositions

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3343-3362

  He, B ^a,b   Dai, M ^a   Huang, W ^a   Liu, Q ^a   Chen, H ^a   Xu, L ^c  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIMEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MONOSACCHARIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78049374033     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-3343-2010     Document Type: Article

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