Terrestrial and marine biomarker estimates of organic matter sources and distributions in surface sediments from the East China Sea shelf

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1106-1115

  Xing, Lei ^a,b   Zhang, Hailong ^a,b   Yuan, Zineng ^a,b   Sun, Yao ^c   Zhao, Meixun ^a,b  

^a Ocean University of China   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c YELLOW SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Biomarker; East china sea; Surface sediment; Terrestrial organic matter

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMARKER; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UPWELLING;

CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; FUJIAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE RIVER; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 79957574848     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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