An extensive bloom of the N2-fixing Cyanobacterium trichodesmium erythraeum in the central Arabian Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 172, Issue , 1998, Pages 281-292

  Capone, Douglas G ^a   Subramaniam, Ajit ^a   Montoya, Joseph P ^b,f   Voss, Maren ^c   Humborg, Christoph ^c   Johansen, Anne M ^d   Siefert, Ronald L ^a,d   Carpenter, Edward J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea Remote sensing; Blooms; Cyanobacteria; Nitrogen fixation; Trichodesmium

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT METABOLISM; POPULATION DENSITY; PRODUCTIVITY;

ALGAL BLOOM; CYANOBACTERIUM; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ARABIAN SEA;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM; TRICHODESMIUM ERYTHRAEUM; TRICHODESTATUM; TRICHODESTATUM ERYTHRAEUM;

EID: 0032558731     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps172281     Document Type: Article

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