Tracing the long-term microbial production of recalcitrant fluorescent dissolved organic matter in seawater

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2481-2488

  Jørgensen, Linda ^a,b   Stedmon, Colin A ^b   Granskog, Mats A ^c   Middelboe, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

bioavailability; dissolved organic matter; DOC; fluorescence; microbial respiration; recalcitrant DOM

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; FLUORESCENCE;

BIOAVAILABILITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; DOC; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; RECALCITRANT DOM;

SUBSTRATES;

BIOAVAILABILITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLUORESCENCE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PROKARYOTE; RESPIRATION; SEAWATER;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84897954756     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059428     Document Type: Article

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