Nitrate reductase and urease enzyme activity in the marine diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii (Bacillariophyceae): Interactions among nitrogen substrates

Marine Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-44

  Lomas, M W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Bermuda Biol Stn for Res Inc   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; THALASSIOSIRA; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

EID: 1642546393     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1181-x     Document Type: Article

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