The fate of terrigenous dissolved organic carbon in a river-influenced ocean margin

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 300-318

  Fichot, Cédric G ^a   Benner, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

biomineralization; decay constant; mass balance; ocean margin; photomineralization; terrigenous dissolved organic carbon

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

DECAY CONSTANTS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MASS BALANCE; OCEAN MARGIN; PHOTOMINERALIZATION;

MINERALOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ESTUARINE FRONT; LIGNIN; MIXED LAYER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER SYSTEM; SEASONALITY; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; TRANSFORMATION;

ATCHAFALAYA RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; LOUISIANA SHELF; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896588210     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GB004670     Document Type: Article

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