Differences in the substrate spectrum of extracellular enzymes in shallow lakes of differing trophic status

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 143-151

  Ziervogel, Kai ^a   Leech, Dina ^b   Arnosti, Carol ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Enzymatic activities; Polysaccharide hydrolysis; Shallow lakes

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD WEB; HYDROLYSIS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE WATER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYSACCHARIDE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONALITY; SHALLOW WATER; SUBSTRATE; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC STATUS;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891901493     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9874-9     Document Type: Article

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