Differential dissolved organic nitrogen availability and bacterial aminopeptidase activity in limnic and marine waters

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 264-272

  Stepanauskas, R ^a   Edling, H ^a   Tranvik, L J ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CELL DENSITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ENZYMIC HYDROLYSIS; FRESH WATER; HUMUS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PLANT GROWTH; POLYMER; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY;

EID: 0032711952     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002489900176     Document Type: Article

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