Fatty acid and stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N) signatures of particulate organic matter in the lower Amazon River: Seasonal contrasts and connectivity between floodplain lakes and the mainstem

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1159-1168

  Mortillaro, J M ^a   Abril, G ^b,e   Moreira Turcq, P ^c   Sobrinho, R L ^d   Perez, M ^e   Meziane, T ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DROUGHT; FLOODS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

AQUATIC PLANTS; BRAZILIAN AMAZON; FA COMPOSITIONS; FLOODPLAIN LAKES; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUSPENDED PARTICULATES;

FATTY ACIDS;

C3 PLANT; CONNECTIVITY; DETRITUS; FATTY ACID; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZON RIVER; BRAZIL;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 80053440626     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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