Diurnal variation of rates of denitrification and nitrogen fixation of periphyton associated with Oryza glumaepatula Steud in an Amazonian Lake

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 368, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 189-192

  Enrich Prast, A ^a   Esteves, F A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological nitrogen fixation; Denitrification; Mazonia; Oryza glumaepatula; Periphyton

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN FIXATION;

DENITRIFICATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PERIPHYTON;

BRAZIL;

ORYZA GLUMAEPATULA;

EID: 0031694168     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003258402462     Document Type: Article

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