In situ nitrogen fixation associated with seagrasses in the Gulf of Elat (Red Sea)

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 387-394

  Pereg Gerk, Lily ^a,b   Sar, Nehemia ^b,c   Lipkin, Yaakov ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Benthos; Diazotrophs; Halophila stipulacea; Nitrogen cycle; Nitrogenase activity

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; SEAGRASS;

RED SEA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; HALOPHILA; HALOPHILA STIPULACEA; RHODOSPIRILLACEAE;

EID: 0036673989     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016566019208     Document Type: Article

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