Variability of enzymatic activities in the Ionian Sea

the Ionian sea represents a crossing region between the Western and the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and is one of the sites most affected by the outflow of Adratic water and the changes in water composition and dynamics caused by the Eastern Mediterranean transient. these changes have produced an adaptation of microorganisms related to nutrient sources and/or temperature increase. The aim of the work was to study the variability of the hydrolysis processes of aminopeptidase (LAP), B-glucosidase (GLU) and alkaline phosphatase (AP) enzymatic activities in the water masses of the Ionian Sea.