Diazotrophy in modern marine Bahamian stromatolites

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 36-44

  Steppe, T F ^a   Pinckney, J L ^b   Dyble, J ^a   Paerl, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STROMATOLITE;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STROMATOLITE;

BAHAMAS; EXUMA; HIGHBORNE CAY;

EID: 0035007459     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002480000066     Document Type: Article

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