Nitrogen fixation by diazotrophic cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea and transfer of the newly fixed nitrogen to picoplankton organisms

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 213-219

  Ohlendieck, Ute ^a   Stuhr, Annegret ^a   Siegmund, Heike ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

15N2 tracer method; Aphanizomenon sp.; Baltic Sea; Cyanobacteria; Exudation; Nitrogen fixation; Nodularia sp.; Picoplankton; Synechococcus sp.

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PICOPLANKTON;

BALTIC SEA;

APHANIZOMENON; NODULARIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033837563     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(00)00016-6     Document Type: Article

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