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Biogeochemical processes affecting the stable carbon isotopic composition of particulate carbon in the Delaware Estuary
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Biogeochemical processes affecting the stable carbon isotopic composition of particulate carbon in the Delaware Estuary

Marilyn L. Fogel, David J. Velinsky, Luis A. Cifuentes, Jonathan R. Pennock, Jonathan H. Sharp and Charles T. Prewitt
Annual Report of the Director, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution, Vol.1987-88, pp.107-113
Dec 1988

Abstract

algae biochemistry biogeochemical methods C-13/C-12 carbon carbon dioxide Delaware estuaries fractionation geochemical methods geochemistry Isotope geochemistry isotopes kerogen microfossils organic compounds organic materials photochemistry photosynthesis Plantae processes respiration salinity stable isotopes thallophytes United States variations
It is suggested that changes in the delta (super 13) C of particulate carbon are related to primary productivity rates, CO (sub 2) concentrations in the water column, and the pathway of carbon uptake into the algae.

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