Alkaline phosphatase activities among planktonic communities in the northern Red Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 173, Issue , 1998, Pages 107-115

  Li, Hong ^a   Veldhuis, Marcel J W ^b   Post, Anton F ^a  

^a The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase activity; Marine picoplankton; P(i) limitation; Phosphate; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS; PLANKTON;

ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032511967     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps173107     Document Type: Article

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