Tracing inputs of terrestrial high molecular weight dissolved organic matter within the Baltic Sea ecosystem

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4465-4475

  Deutsch, B ^a   Alling, V ^b   Humborg, C ^a   Korth, F ^c   Morth C M ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FRESHWATER INPUT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARGINAL SEA; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESIDENCE TIME; SALINITY; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84869202218     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-4465-2012     Document Type: Article

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