Effect of organic enrichments on hydrolytic potentials and growth of bacteria in deep-sea sediments

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 239-250

  Boetius, A ^a,b   Lochte, K ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth; Benthic bacteria; Deep sea sediments; Extracellular enzymes; Organic matter supply

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; DEEP SEA; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENT ENRICHMENT;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0029663220     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps140239     Document Type: Article

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