Microbial degradation rates of small peptides and amino acids in the oxygen minimum zone of Chilean coastal waters

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1055-1062

  Pantoja, Silvio ^a   Rossel, Pamela ^a   Castro, Rodrigo ^a   Cuevas, L Antonio ^a   Daneri, Giovanni ^a,b   Córdova, Candy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ECOSISTEMAS DE LA PATAGONIA CIEP   (Chile)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Chile; Peptides; Suboxic degradation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDROLYSIS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES;

CHILE; DISSOLVED FREE AMINO ACIDS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; HUMBOLDT CURRENT SYSTEM; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; POTENTIAL ACTIVITIES;

PEPTIDES;

AMINO ACID; BIODEGRADATION; COASTAL WATER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PEPTIDE; REMINERALIZATION;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67649411605     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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