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The Free Amino Acids in the Sediments of Toronto Harbor 1
Author(s) -
Brinkhurst R. O.,
Chua K. E.,
Batoosingh E.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1971.16.3.0555
Subject(s) - abundance (ecology) , environmental science , environmental chemistry , amino acid , oceanography , period (music) , chemistry , hydrology (agriculture) , ecology , biology , geology , biochemistry , physics , geotechnical engineering , acoustics
Seventeen amino acids were extracted from Toronto Harbor sediments, in concentrations that varied throughout the study period. Their relative abundance was the same at two locations, although the concentrations were significantly higher near the mouth of the polluted Don River than near the islands.