Intra-annual variability of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in suspended organic matter in waters of the western continental shelf of India

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3441-3456

  Maya, M V ^a   Karapurkar, S G ^a   Naik, H ^a   Roy, R ^a   Shenoy, D M ^a   Naqvi, S W A ^a  

^a National Institute of Oceanography (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; C3 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DENITRIFICATION; DIAGENESIS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; RESPIRATION; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED LOAD; WATER COLUMN;

INDIA;

TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 82355187876     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-3441-2011     Document Type: Article

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