Alteration of organic matter during infaunal polychaete gut passage and links to sediment organic geochemistry. Part I: Amino acids

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 77, Issue , 2012, Pages 396-414

  Woulds, Clare ^a,b   Middelburg, Jack J ^c,d   Cowie, Greg L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FECAL PELLET; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; METABOLISM; MICROCOSM; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCHAETE;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ARENICOLA; ARENICOLA MARINA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEDISTE; NEREIS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 84855529905     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.10.042     Document Type: Article

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