Nitrogen fixation in Arctic vegetation and soils from Svalbard, Norway

Polar Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-40

  Solheim, Bjørn ^a   Endal, Arild ^a   Vigstad, Hege ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL; VEGETATION;

NORWAY, SVALBARD, SPITSBERGEN, KONGSFJORDEN;

CALLIERGON RICHARDSONII; NOSTOC; SANIONIA UNCINATA;

EID: 0029666841     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02388733     Document Type: Article

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