Linking the chemical and optical properties of dissolved organic matter in the Baltic-North Sea transition zone to differentiate three allochthonous inputs

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 126, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 281-294

  Osburn, Christopher L ^a   Stedmon, Colin A ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Carbon stable isotopes; CDOM; Fluorescence; Lignin

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; AMINO ACID; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; COASTAL CURRENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ESTUARINE FRONT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FRESHWATER INPUT; LIGNIN; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; OUTFLOW; RIVER DISCHARGE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRANSITION ZONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; DENMARK; JUTLAND; KATTEGAT; NORTH SEA;

EID: 80051946911     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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