Enzymatic evaluation of decomposition in mosaic landscapes of a tidal flat ecosystem

Wetlands

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 399-405

  Hiroki, Mikiya ^a   Nohara, Seiichi ^a   Hanabishi, Kana ^b   Utagawa, Hirokatsu ^a   Yabe, Tohru ^a   Satake, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

acetylglucosaminidase; glucosidase; Hydrogeomorphic approach; Sediment

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HABITAT MOSAIC; HYDROLYSIS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SAMPLING; TIDAL FLAT;

ASIA; CHIBA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; OBITSU ESTUARY;

EID: 55849151735     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2007)27[399:EEODIM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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