Lipid and 13C signatures of submicron and suspended particulate organic matter in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific: Implications for the contribution of Bacteria

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-34

  Close, Hilary G ^a   Wakeham, Stuart G ^b,c   Pearson, Ann ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Carbon isotopes; Eastern Tropical North Pacific; Lipid biomarkers; Oxygen minimum zone; Particulate organic matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPES; LIPID BIOMARKERS; NORTH PACIFIC; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FATTY ACIDS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SUBSTRATES; TROPICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

LIPIDS;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; CARBON ISOTOPE; DENITRIFICATION; FATTY ACID; LIPID; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84891395623     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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