Seasonal variations in nitrogen-fixation (acetylene reduction) and sulphate-reduction rates in the rhizosphere of Zostera noltii: Nitrogen fixation by sulphate-reducing bacteria

Marine Biology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 619-628

  Welsh, D T ^a,c   Bourgues S ^b   De Wit, R ^b   Herbert, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Quadrant Research Foundation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOPHILA; ZOSTERA NOLTII; ZOSTERACEAE;

NITROGEN FIXATION; RHIZOSPHERE; SEAGRASS; SEAGRASS MEADOWS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SULPHATE-REDUCING BACTERIA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0029660418     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00349243     Document Type: Article

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