Extensive bloom of a N2-fixing diatom/cyanobacterial association in the tropical Atlantic Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 185, Issue , 1999, Pages 273-283

  Carpenter, Edward J ^a   Montoya, Joseph P ^b   Burns, James ^c,d   Mulholland, Margaret R ^a,c   Subramaniam, Ajit ^c,d   Capone, Douglas G ^a,c,d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Diazotroph; Hemiaulus; N cycling; N2 fixation; Richelia; Symbiont

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POPULATION DENSITY;

NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; HEMIAULUS; HEMIAULUS HAUCKII; RHIZOBIACEAE; RICHELIA; RICHELLA; RICHELLA INTRACELLULARIS; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 0033588510     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps185273     Document Type: Article

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