Novel insights from NMR spectroscopy into seasonal changes in the composition of dissolved organic matter exported to the Bering Sea by the Yukon River

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 181, Issue , 2016, Pages 72-88

  Cao, Xiaoyan ^a,d   Aiken, George R ^b   Spencer, Robert G M ^c   Butler, Kenna ^b   Mao, Jingdong ^a   Schmidt Rohr, Klaus ^d  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YUKON RIVER;

EID: 84960087059     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.02.029     Document Type: Article

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