Microbial enzymatic response to catchment-scale variations in supply of dissolved organic carbon

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 701-706

  Findlay, Stuart ^a   Hickey, Christopher W ^b   Quinn, John M ^b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Enzymes; Epilithon; Land use; Microbes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001293989     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1997.9516800     Document Type: Article

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