Vertical distributions of nitrogen-fixing phylotypes at Stn ALOHA in the oligotrophic North Pacific Ocean

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-14

  Church, Matthew J ^a,b   Jenkins, Bethany D ^a   Karl, David M ^b   Zehr, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial diversity; Hawaii Ocean; Nitrogen fixation; Quantitative PCR; Time series

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CROCOSPHAERA WATSONII; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOTHECE; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 13944261590     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame038003     Document Type: Article

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