Specific affinity for phosphate uptake and specific alkaline phosphatase activity as diagnostic tools for detecting phosphorus-limited phytoplankton and bacteria

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1226-1241

  Tanaka, Tsuneo ^a,f   Henriksen, Peter ^b   Lignell, Risto ^c   Olli, Kalle ^d   Seppälä, Jukka ^c   Tamminen, Timo ^e   Thingstad, T Frede ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^e FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUTROPHICATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; ETELA-SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; TVARMINNE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34547192401     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02781823     Document Type: Article

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