Marine cyanobacteria in tropical regions: Diversity and ecology

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 371-379

  Hoffmann, Lucien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biogeography; Cyanobacteria; Cyanophyta; Marine; Nitrogen fixation; Secondary metabolites; Tropics

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HABITAT TYPE; NITROGEN CYCLE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 0032787524     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967026299002310     Document Type: Article

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