Role of trichodesmium spp. in the productivity of the subtropical North Pacific Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 133, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 263-273

  Letelier, Ricardo M ^a   Karl, David M ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen fixation; Nutrients; Productivity; Time series; Trichodesmium

Indexed keywords

TRICHODESMIUM; TRICHODESMIUM SPP.;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

PACIFIC, ALOHA STATION;

EID: 0029667230     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps133263     Document Type: Article

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