Sources, ages, and alteration of organic matter in estuaries

EA Canuel, AK Hardison - Annual Review of Marine Science, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Understanding the processes influencing the sources and fate of organic matter (OM) in
estuaries is important for quantifying the contributions of carbon from land and rivers to the …

The potential of biomarker proxies to trace climate, vegetation, and biogeochemical processes in peat: A review

BDA Naafs, GN Inglis, J Blewett, EL McClymont… - Global and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Molecular fossils (biomarkers) are abundant in organic rich natural archives such as peats
and lignites (fossilized peat), where their distribution is governed by their biological source …

Identification of trophic interactions within an estuarine food web (northern New Zealand) using fatty acid biomarkers and stable isotopes

AC Alfaro, F Thomas, L Sergent, M Duxbury - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf …, 2006 - Elsevier
Fatty acid biomarkers and stable isotope signatures were used to identify the trophic
dynamics of a mangrove/seagrass estuarine food web at Matapouri, northern New Zealand …

Sediment and soil organic matter source assessment as revealed by the molecular distribution and carbon isotopic composition of n-alkanes

R Mead, Y Xu, J Chong, R Jaffé - Organic Geochemistry, 2005 - Elsevier
The assessment of organic matter (OM) sources in sediments and soils is a key to better
understand the biogeochemical cycling of carbon in aquatic environments. While traditional …

Lipid markers for marine organic matter

JK Volkman - Marine organic matter: Biomarkers, isotopes and DNA, 2006 - Springer
An astonishing variety of different lipids have been found in marine sediments and the water
column attesting to the diversity of biosynthetic pathways employed by aquatic organisms …

Petroleum contamination evaluation and bacterial community distribution in a historic oilfield located in loess plateau in China

S Gao, J Liang, T Teng, M Zhang - Applied Soil Ecology, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, petroleum contamination and the corresponding distribution of bacterial
communities in the Yanchang oilfield, a historic oilfield in north China was evaluated …

Organic matter sources in an enclosed coastal inlet assessed using lipid biomarkers and stable isotopes

JK Volkman, AT Revill, DG Holdsworth… - Organic …, 2008 - Elsevier
The sources of organic matter (OM) in surface sediments from Wilson Inlet, an enclosed and
seasonally barred inlet in Western Australia, have been determined using a combination of …

Exploring the diversity of bacterial communities in sediments of urban mangrove forests

NC Marcial Gomes, LR Borges… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Municipal sewage, urban runoff and accidental oil spills are common sources of pollutants in
urban mangrove forests and may have drastic effects on the microbial communities …

Indirect paleo-seagrass indicators (IPSIs): a review

S Reich, E Di Martino, JA Todd, FP Wesselingh… - Earth-Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Seagrass meadows are marine habitats with high ecological importance. Their detection in
the fossil record will contribute to our understanding of the development of patterns of …

Lipid distribution in a subtropical southern China stalagmite as a record of soil ecosystem response to paleoclimate change

S Xie, Y Yi, J Huang, C Hu, Y Cai, M Collins… - Quaternary …, 2003 - cambridge.org
Lipid extracts from a 61.7-cm-long subtropical stalagmite in southern China, spanning the
period of ca. 10,000–21,000 yr ago as constrained by U–Th dating, were analyzed using …