Seasonal variability in the sources of particulate organic matter of the Mekong River as discerned by elemental and lignin analyses

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ellis, Erin E ^a   Keil, Richard G ^a   Ingalls, Anitra E ^a   Richey, Jeffrey E ^a   Alin, Simone R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; AUTOCHTHON; CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GYMNOSPERM; LIGNIN; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

MEKONG RIVER;

GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84859463376     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001816     Document Type: Article

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