Source, biogeochemical cycling, and fluorescence characteristics of dissolved organic matter in an agro-urban estuary

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 243-256

  Fellman, Jason B ^a   Petrone, Kevin C ^b   Grierson, Pauline F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCHTHON; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLUORESCENCE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS;

AUSTRALIA; CANNING ESTUARY; SWAN ESTUARY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 78651405174     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.1.0243     Document Type: Article

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