Evidence of spatial and temporal changes in sources of organic matter in estuarine sediments: Stable isotope and fatty acid analyses

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 732, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 133-145

  Bergamino, Leandro ^a   Dalu, Tatenda ^a   Richoux, Nicole B ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Benthic pelagic coupling; Fatty acids; Sediment deposits; SIAR; South Africa; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899901228     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-014-1853-1     Document Type: Article

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