Nitrogenase activities associated with macrophytes from a lacustrine and a freshwater estuarine habitat

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 157-162

  Wickstrom, Conrad E ^a   Corkran, Julie L ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic liverwort; Epiphyte; Freshwater estuary; Lake Erie; Macrophyte; Nitrogenase activity

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; NITROGENASE;

AQUATIC MACROPHYTE; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; EPIPHYTE; NITROGENASE;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESTUARY; LAKE; NONHUMAN;

USA, OHIO, EAST TWIN LAME; USA, OHIO, OLD WOMAN CREEK ESTUARY;

NELUMBO LITEA; NELUMBO LUTEA; NELUMBONACEAE; NUPHAR ADUENA; NYMPHAEA ODORATA; NYMPHAEACEAE; RICCIOCARPUS NATANS;

EID: 0031419245     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(97)00053-3     Document Type: Article

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