Microbial activity profiles in Tagus estuary salt marsh sediments

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 587, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 169-175

  Costa, Ana Luisa ^a   Carolino, M ^a   Cacador I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Extracellular enzyme activities; Salt marshes; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOSPHATES; PROXIMITY INDICATORS; SEDIMENTS;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; EXTRACELLULAR ENZYME ACTIVITIES; SALT MARSHES; SURFACE LAYER;

ESTUARIES;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SALTMARSH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS ESTUARY;

EID: 34250713799     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0676-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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