Seasonal variation in rates of heterotrophic nitrogen fixation (acetylene reduction) in Zostera noltii meadows and uncolonised sediments of the Bassin d'Arcachon, south-west France

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 329, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 161-174

  Welsh, David T ^a,b   Bourguès, Sophie ^c   De Wit, Rutger ^b   Herbert, Rodney A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acetylene reduction; nitrogen fixation; rhizosphere; root exudates; sulphate reduction; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOPHILA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 0029982110     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00034555     Document Type: Article

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