Intertidal zone particulate organic carbon redistribution by low-tide rainfall

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1088-1101

  Chen, Si ^a,b   Torres, Raymond ^b   Goñi, Miguel A ^c  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; CARBON FLUX; EXCHANGE RATE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LANDSCAPE; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RAINFALL; SAMPLING;

EID: 84955055157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lno.10077     Document Type: Article

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