Utilization of different nitrogen sources by the marine cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 989-996

  Moore, Lisa R ^a   Post, Anton F ^b   Rocap, Gabrielle ^a   Chisholm, Sallie W ^c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOTYPE; LIGHT; NICHE PARTITIONING; NITROGEN; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0036075758     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2002.47.4.0989     Document Type: Article

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