Light action spectra of N2 fixation by heterocystous cyanobacteria from the Baltic Sea

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 668-677

  Staal, Marc ^a   Stal, Lucas J ^a   Te Lintel Hekkert, Sacco ^b   Harren, Frans J M ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Cyanobacterial blooms; Heterocystous cyanobacteria; Light action spectra of nitrogenase activity; Nitrogen fixation; On line nitrogenase assay

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

BALTIC SEA;

ALGAE; ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; APHANIZOMENON FLOS AQUAE; CYANOBACTERIA; FLOS; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA;

EID: 0042065280     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.02116.x     Document Type: Article

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