Lipids in the sedimentary record as markers of the sources and deposition of organic matter in a tropical Brazilian estuarine-lagoon system

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Carreira, Renato S ^a,b   Araújo, Michelle P ^a   Costa, Talitha L F ^a   Spörl, Gertrud ^c   Knoppers, Bastiaan A ^d  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^d FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lipid biomarkers; NE Brazil; Organic matter; Sediments; Tropical estuarine lagoon system

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIOMARKER; EFFLUENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FATTY ACID; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAGOON; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STEROL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TROPICAL REGION; WATERSHED; ZOOPLANKTON;

BRAZIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SACCHARUM;

EID: 81455143098     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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