The daily integral of nitrogen fixation by planktonic cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea

New Phytologist

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 665-671

  Stal, Lucas J ^a   Walsby, Anthony E ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Cyanobacteria, Aphanizomenon sp.; Gas vesicles; Nitrogen fixation; Phytoplankton buoyancy

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; DEPTH; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT ATTENUATION; NITROGEN FIXATION;

BALTIC SEA;

APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE;

EID: 0031709630     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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