The composition and flux of particulate and dissolved carbohydrates from the Rhone River into the Mediterranean Sea

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1827-1844

  Panagiotopoulos, C ^a,b   Sempere R ^a,b   Para, J ^a,b   Raimbault, P ^a,b   Rabouille, C ^c   Charriere B ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; ANGIOSPERM; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ESTUARINE FRONT; FLOOD; FRESHWATER INPUT; PARTICULATE FLUX; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER FLOW; SUSPENDED LOAD; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RHONE RIVER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTIVORA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84861613446     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-1827-2012     Document Type: Article

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