Nitrogen fixation in a desert stream ecosystem

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-61

  Grimm, Nancy B ^a   Petrone, Kevin C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acetylene reduction; cyanobacteria; desert; N fixation; nutrient budget; stream

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; DESERT; NITROGEN FIXATION; STREAM;

EID: 0030618806     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005798410819     Document Type: Article

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