Extracellular amino acid oxidation by microplankton: A cross-ecosystem comparison

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-152

  Mulholland, Margaret R ^a,d   Glibert, Patricia M ^b   Berg, Gry Miné ^b   Van Heukelem, Laurie ^b   Pantoja, Silvio ^c,d   Lee, Cindy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid oxidase activity; Marine cyanobacteria; Marine phytoplankton; Nitrogen uptake; Oxidative deamination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000926280     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame015141     Document Type: Article

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