Degradation of terrestrially derived macromolecules in the Amazon River

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 530-533

  Ward, Nicholas D ^a   Keil, Richard G ^a   Medeiros, Patricia M ^b   Brito, Daimio C ^c   Cunha, Alan C ^c   Dittmar, Thorsten ^d   Yager, Patricia L ^b   Krusche, Alex V ^e   Richey, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAPÁ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLOBAL CHANGE; LIGNIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC MATTER;

AMAZON RIVER;

EID: 84879778087     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1817     Document Type: Article

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