Cell-specific detection of phosphorus stress in Trichodesmium from the Western North Atlantic

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1832-1836

  Dyhrman, Sonya T ^a   Webb, Eric A ^a   Anderson, Donald M ^a   Moffett, James W ^a   Waterbury, John B ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; DETECTION METHOD; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 0036868025     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2002.47.6.1832     Document Type: Article

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