Comparison of 15N2 and acetylene reduction methods for the measurement of nitrogen fixation by Baltic Sea cyanobacteria

Phycologia

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL., 1996, Pages 140-146

  Moisander, P ^a,c   Lehtimaki J ^b   Sivonen, K ^b   Kononen, K ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology ^*  (Finland)

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

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EID: 0000018787     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-35-6s-140.1     Document Type: Review

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