Nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium spp. in the Central and Northern Great Barrier Reef Lagoon: Relative importance of the fixed-nitrogen load

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 186, Issue , 1999, Pages 119-126

  Bell, P R F ^a   Elmetri, I ^a   Uwins, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Great Barrier Reef; Nitrogen fixation; Trichodesmium

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; OSCILLATORIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 0033578587     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps186119     Document Type: Article

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