Particulate Organic Matter Distribution along the Lower Amazon River: Addressing Aquatic Ecology Concepts Using Fatty Acids

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Mortillaro, Jean Michel ^a   Rigal, François ^a,b   Rybarczyk, Hervé ^a   Bernardes, Marcelo ^c   Abril, Gwenaël ^d,e   Meziane, Tarik ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; FATTY ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

AMAZON RIVER; AQUATIC ECOLOGY; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOLOGY; FLOODPLAIN; GEOLOGY; HIGH WATER SEASON; LIPID COMPOSITION; LOW WATER SEASON; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVER; RIVER BASIN; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TURBIDITY;

ECOSYSTEM; FATTY ACIDS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROBIOLOGY; RIVERS; SEASONS;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84867024981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046141     Document Type: Article

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