Degradation of sterols and terrigenous organic matter in waters of the Mackenzie Shelf, Canadian Arctic

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-73

  Rontani, Jean François ^a   Charrière, Bruno ^a,b   Sempéré, Richard ^a   Doxaran, David ^c   Vaultier, Frédéric ^a   Vonk, Jorien E ^d,e   Volkman, John K ^f  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b UMR 5110   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abiotic and biotic degradation; Autoxidation; Bacterial degradation; Dehydroabietic acid; Mackenzie River; Mackenzie shelf; SPM; Sterols; Terrigenous organic matter

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; FREE RADICALS; GLOBAL WARMING; LIPIDS; METAL IONS; METALS; OXIDATION; RIVERS; SEAWATER;

AUTOXIDATION; BACTERIAL DEGRADATION; BIOTIC DEGRADATION; DEHYDROABIETIC ACID; MACKENZIE SHELF; SPM; STEROLS;

WATER RESOURCES;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; INORGANIC ACID; ORGANIC MATTER; PERMAFROST; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEAWATER; STEROL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; VASCULAR PLANT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; MACKENZIE SHELF;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; PINACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84904676553     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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