Utilisation of different carbon sources in a shallow estuary identified through stable isotope techniques

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 832-840

  Zetsche, E ^a,b   Thornton, B ^b   Midwood, A J ^b   Witte, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon; Intertidal; Organic matter; Sediment respiration; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; DOMINANCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SHALLOW WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES;

EID: 79953755214     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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