Prokaryotic abundance and heterotrophic metabolism in the deep Mediterranean Sea

Advances in Oceanography and Limnology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 143-166

  la Ferla, Rosabruna ^a   Azzaro, Maurizio ^a   Caruso, Gabriella ^a   Monticelli, Luis Salvador ^a   Maimone, Giovanna ^a   Zaccone, Renata ^a   Packard, Theodore T ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Beta glucosidase; Carbon cycle; Heterotrophic production; Leucine aminopeptidase; Mediterranean Sea; Prokaryotic abundances; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARBON CYCLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; PROKARYOTE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84861416435     PISSN: 19475721     EISSN: 1947573X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475721.2010.483336     Document Type: Article

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