Paleoenvironmental implications of taxonomic variation among δ15N values of chloropigments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 7351-7363

  Higgins, Meytal B ^a,b   Wolfe Simon, Felisa ^a,c   Robinson, Rebecca S ^d   Qin, Yelun ^a   Saito, Mak A ^e   Pearson, Ann ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CHLORIN; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIUM; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RESPONSE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAKE WATER; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RED ALGA; TAXONOMY;

ALGAE; CHROOCOCCALES; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; NOSTOCALES; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 80055031210     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.04.024     Document Type: Article

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