Stable carbon isotopes in the shell of Corbicula fluminea (Müller 1774): Implications for understanding environmental changes in drainage basins

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 36, 2010, Pages 4162-4167

  Zhou, Hui ^a,b   Liu, CongQiang ^a   Jiang, Qian ^a,b   Jiang, Wei ^a,b   Zhao, YanLong ^a,b   Ding, WenCi ^a,b   Yan, Hui ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

aquatic environment; Asian clam; biogenic carbonate; carbon cycle; carbon isotope; dissolved inorganic carbon; environment change; terrestrial ecosystem; Xijiang River watershed

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA;

EID: 78650191704     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-4227-8     Document Type: Article

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