Organic matter in ria sediments: Relevance of terrestial sources and temporal variations in rates of accumulation

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 246-254

  Evans, Graham ^a   Prego, Ricardo ^b   Marshall, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allochtonousrock evaluation analyses; Autochthonous; Flux; NW Spain; POC; POM

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOACCUMULATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EUROPE; GALICIA [SPAIN]; PONTEVEDRA [GALICIA]; RIA DE VIGO; RIAS BAJAS; SPAIN;

EID: 80051794920     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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