Enzyme activities in the water column and in shallow permeable sediments from the northeastern Gulf of Mexico

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-208

  Arnosti, C ^a   Ziervogel, K ^a   Ocampo, L ^a   Ghobrial, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

carbohydrates; carbon cycling; enzymes; permeable sediments; polysaccharides; water column

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CARBON CYCLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROLYSIS; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUD; ORGANIC MATTER; PERMEABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYSACCHARIDE; REMINERALIZATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ISOCHRYSIS; SPIRULINA; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 68049098025     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.06.018     Document Type: Article

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