Continuous underway measurement of microbial ectoenzyme activities in aquatic ecosystems

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 201, Issue , 2000, Pages 1-12

  Ammerman, James W ^a   Glover, William B ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stephen F Austin High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous flow assay; Ectoenzyme; Mapping; Peptidase; Phosphatase

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; ECOTOENZYME; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SURFACE WATER; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

EID: 0034625885     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps201001     Document Type: Article

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