Nitrogen cycling in the ocean: New perspectives on processes and paradigms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1015-1024

  Zehr, Jonathan P ^a   Ward, Bess B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN CYCLE;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIOPLANKTON; GAS EXCHANGE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036195362     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.3.1015-1024.2002     Document Type: Short Survey

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