A molecular perspective on the ageing of marine dissolved organic matter

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1935-1955

  Flerus, R ^a   Lechtenfeld, O J ^a   Koch, B P ^a,b   McCallister, S L ^c   Schmitt Kopplin, P ^d,f   Benner, R ^e   Kaiser, K ^e   Kattner, G ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; HYDROGEN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUGAR; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 84864038611     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-1935-2012     Document Type: Article

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