Nitrogen fixation by free-living cyanobacteria from different coastal sites in a high archc tundra, Spitsbergen

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 470-477

  Liengen, Turid ^a   Olsen, Rolf Amt ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; NITROGEN FIXATION; TUNDRA;

BROGGERHALVOYA; SVALBARD SPITSBERGEN;

EID: 0031436517     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1551994     Document Type: Article

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