Alkaline phosphatase activity in the subtropical ocean: Insights from nutrient, dust and trace metal addition experiments

Frontiers in Marine Science

Volumn 1, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Mahaffey, Claire ^a   Reynolds, Sarah ^a,b   Davis, Clare E ^a   Lohan, Maeve C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Iron; Phosphate limitation; Subtropical North Atlantic; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008603815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22967745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2014.00073     Document Type: Article

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