Dissolved esterase activity as a tracer of phytoplankton lysis: Evidence of high phytoplankton lysis rates in the northwestern Mediterranean

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1836-1849

  Agustí, Susana ^a   Satta, Maria Paola ^a   Mura, Maria Paola ^a   Benavent, Esther ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CHAETOCEROS DECIPIENS; CHLORELLA; DUNALIELLA; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

EID: 0032446782     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.8.1836     Document Type: Article

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