On the chemical dynamics of extracellular polysaccharides in the high Arctic surface microlayer

Ocean Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 401-418

  Gao, Q ^a   Leck, C ^a   Rauschenberg, C ^b   Matrai, P A ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AMINO ACID; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GLUCOSE; MICROLAYER; PACK ICE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLYSACCHARIDE; SEAWATER; SURFACE LAYER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84863934345     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-8-401-2012     Document Type: Article

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