Organic biomarkers to describe the major carbon inputs and cycling of organic matter in the central Great Barrier Reef region

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 132-141

  Burns, Kathryn ^a   Brinkman, Diane ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Carbon cycling; Great Barrier Reef; Lipids; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; CARBON CYCLE; CORAL REEF; DIATOM; FECAL PELLET; LAGOON; LIPID; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SHELF BREAK; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TRADE WIND; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 79957510016     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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