Regulation and Spatiotemporal Patterns of Extracellular Enzyme Activities in a Coastal, Sandy Aquifer System (Doñana, SW Spain)

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 162-176

  Ayuso, Sergio Velasco ^a   del Carmen Guerrero, María ^b   Montes, Carlos ^b   López Archilla, Ana Isabel ^b  

^a Centro de Estudios y Experimentacion de Obras Publicas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 79960597534     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9853-4     Document Type: Article

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