Transfer of organic carbon through marine water columns to sediments - Insights from stable and radiocarbon isotopes of lipid biomarkers

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 6895-6914

  Wakeham, S G ^a   McNichol, A P ^b  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DATA SET; LIPID; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRAP; WATER COLUMN;

ARABIAN SEA; BLACK SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84916608110     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-6895-2014     Document Type: Article

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