Delivery and deposition of organic matter in surface sediments of Lagoa do Caçó (Brazil)

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 385-396

  Sifeddine, Abdelfettah ^a,b,c,d   Meyers, Philip A ^e   Cordeiro, Renato Campello ^b,c,d   Albuquerque, Ana Luiza S ^b,c,d   Bernardes, Marcelo ^b,c,d   Turcq, Bruno ^a,b,c,d   Abrão, Jorge João ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

13Corg; 15Ntotal; Corg Ntotal values; Lacustrine organic matter sources; Lacustrine sedimentation; Sediment organic carbon concentration

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DOMINANCE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MACROPHYTE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SHALLOW WATER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRANSECT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

BRAZIL; CACO LAKE; MARANHAO;

ELEOCHARIS;

EID: 79952361214     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-011-9506-0     Document Type: Article

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