Carbon isotope biogeochemistry of tropical small mountainous river, estuarine, and coastal systems of Puerto Rico

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 112, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 589-612

  Moyer, Ryan P ^a,b   Bauer, James E ^a   Grottoli, Andréa G ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Dissolved inorganic carbon; Dissolved organic carbon; Particulate organic carbon; Tropical small mountainous rivers

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CATCHMENT; COASTAL WATER; COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FOOD WEB; HETEROTROPHY; LAND USE CHANGE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RIVER DISCHARGE;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 84874734081     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-012-9751-y     Document Type: Article

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