Recalcitrant dissolved organic carbon fractions

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 421-445

  Hansell, Dennis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

dissolved organic matter; ocean carbon cycle; organic matter reactivity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PUMPS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; GLOBAL OCEAN; MICROBIAL LOOP; OCEAN CARBON CYCLE; PALEOCLIMATES; SURFACE OCEAN;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; STREAM FLOW;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; SEA WATER;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON CYCLE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GLOBAL OCEAN; MICROBIAL LOOP; PALEOCLIMATE; REACTIVATION; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TURNOVER;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; SEA;

CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER;

EID: 84872359619     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-120710-100757     Document Type: Article

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