Chemical tracers, sterol biomarkers and satellite imagery in the study of a river plume ecosystem in the Yellow Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 33, Issue , 2012, Pages 29-36

  Kannan, Narayanan ^a   Kim, Moonkoo ^a   Hong, Sang Hee ^a   Jin, Yongnu ^a   Yim, Un Hyuk ^a   Ha, Sung Yong ^a   Son, Young Baek ^a,b   Choi, Dong Lim ^a   Shim, Won Joon ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Molecular marker; Non radioactive tracers; Pollution tracking; River plume ecosystem; Transboundary

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMARKER; DDT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MOVEMENT; PCB; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIVER PLUME; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAWIFS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STEROL; TRACER; TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION; WATER MASS;

CHEJU [CHEJU (PRV/ISL)]; CHEJU [SOUTH KOREA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH KOREA; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 84855225071     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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