Change in riverine epilithic extracellular enzyme activity in response to fish farm effluent

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 385-388

  Brown, S E ^a   Goulder, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; PHOSPHATASES; RIVERS;

AMINO PEPTIDASE; BIOPURIFICATION; DOWN-STREAM; EXTRACELLULAR; EXTRACELLULAR ENZYME ACTIVITY; FARM EFFLUENTS; FISH FARMS; PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITY;

FISH;

AMINOPEPTIDASE; MICROBIAL ENZYME; PHOSPHATASE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PURIFICATION; RIVER; WASTE WATER;

EID: 0033393637     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1999.00650.x     Document Type: Article

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