Alkaline phosphatase activity and its relationship to inorganic phosphorus in the transition zone of the North-western African upwelling system

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 131-150

  Sebastián, Marta ^a   Arístegui, Javier ^b   Montero, María F ^b   Escanez, Jose ^c   Xavier Niell, F ^d  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Canary region; Mesoscale activity; North Atlantic; Upwelling filaments

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE (APA); PLANKTON;

BACTERIA; COASTAL ZONES; ENZYME KINETICS; FLOW OF WATER; PHOSPHORUS; SEAWATER;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; MESOSCALE EDDY; PHOSPHATASE; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 7944222581     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2004.07.007     Document Type: Article

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