Colloidal size distribution of humic- and protein-like fluorescent organic matter in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 164, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-37

  Stolpe, Björn ^a   Zhou, Zhengzhen ^a,b   Guo, Laodong ^a,b   Shiller, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloids; Field flow fractionation; Fluorescence; Gulf of Mexico; Humic; Mississippi; Protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; COLLOID; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLUORESCENCE; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROTEIN; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVELENGTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS MUELLERII; DINOPHYCEAE; PROROCENTRUM;

EID: 84904696355     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2014.05.007     Document Type: Article

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