Sources and distributions of terrigenous organic matter in a mangrove fringed small tropical estuary in South China

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 18-26

  Bao, Hongyan ^a   Wu, Ying ^a   Tian, Lixin ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a   Zhang, Guiling ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Ocean University of China   (China)

Author keywords

carbon isotope; lignin phenols; mangrove; organic matter; small river

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880558727     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13131-013-0295-3     Document Type: Article

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