Seasonal and site-specific variations in nitrogen fixation in a high arctic area, Ny-Alesund, Spitsbergen.

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 759-769

  Liengen, Turid ^a   Olsen, Rolf Arnt ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; High arctic; Nitrogen fixation; Nostoc commune

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; SNOW;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CYANOBACTERIA; NITROGEN FIXATION; SALT MARSH; SEASONALITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE;

NY-ALESUND; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD;

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC COMMUNE; POACEAE; PUCCINELLIA;

EID: 0030881095     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-109     Document Type: Article

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