Influence of organic matter source and diagenetic state on photochemical release of dissolved organic matter and nutrients from resuspendable estuarine sediments

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 126, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 114-119

  Southwell, Melissa W ^a   Mead, Ralph N ^a   Luquire, Catherine M ^a   Barbera, Amy ^a   Avery, G Brooks ^a   Kieber, Robert J ^a   Skrabal, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cape Fear River; Dissolved organic matter; Estuarine; Nutrient cycles; Photolysis; Resuspension

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FRACTIONATION; INORGANIC MATTER; ION; MAGNITUDE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHATE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; RESUSPENSION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 80051928879     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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