A seasonal study of the significance of N2 fixation by Trichodesmium spp. at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 8-9, 2001, Pages 1583-1608

  Orcutt, Karen M ^a   Lipschultz, Fredric ^b   Gundersen, Kjell ^c   Arimoto, Richard ^d   Michaels, Anthony F ^e   Knap, Anthony H ^a   Gallon, John R ^b  

^a BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^b New Mexico State University   (United States)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITION; DUST; IRON; UREA;

NITROGEN FIXATION RATES;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

CYANOBACTERIUM; DUST; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; NITROGEN FIXATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035035303     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(00)00157-0     Document Type: Article

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