Azo dye method for mapping relative sediment enzyme activity in situ at precise spatial location

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 5134-5140

  Rogers, Nicola J ^a   Apte, Simon C ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CHROMOGENICS; ENZYMES; HYDROLYSIS; MAPPING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEDIMENTS;

AQUATIC SEDIMENT SAMPLES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

AZO DYES;

AZO DYE; DIAZONIUM COMPOUND; MICROBIAL ENZYME; NAPHTHOL AS D ESTERASE; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

DYE TRACER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CORE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EVAPORATION; HYDROLYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE FILTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; TECHNIQUE; WETLAND;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTERASES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NAPHTHOLS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 4944254825     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049891r     Document Type: Article

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