East-west gradient in ectoenzyme activities in the subarctic Pacific: Possible regulation by zinc

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 930-939

  Fukuda, Rumi ^a   Sohrin, Yoshiki ^b   Saotome, Nobue ^a   Fukuda, Hideki ^a   Nagata, Toshi ^a   Koike, Isao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBARCTIC REGION; ZINC;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034084587     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2000.45.4.0930     Document Type: Article

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