Long-term changes in microbial and biochemical parameters in the Central Indian Basin

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1695-1717

  Raghukumar, Chandralata ^a   Nagender Nath, B ^a   Sharma, R ^a   Loka Bharathi, P A ^a   Dalal, S G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Artificial benthic disturbance; Bacterial counts; Deep sea sediments; Extracellular enzymes; Natural variability

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CARBOHYDRATES; ENZYMES; LIPIDS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ARTIFICIAL BENTHIC DISTURBANCE; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENTS; EXTRACELLULAR ENZYMES; NATURAL VARIABILITY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

CARBOHYDRATE; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

INDIAN OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33750498270     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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