Nitrogen fixation of filamentous cyanobacteria in a coral reef measured using three different methods

Coral Reefs

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-200

  Kayanne, Hajime ^a   Hirota, Masashi ^b   Yamamuro, Masumi ^c   Koike, Isao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

15N natural abundance; 15N tracer; Acetylene reduction; Cyanobacteria; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; CYANOBACTERIUM; METHODOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION;

ANTHOZOA; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIUM (GENUS);

EID: 21544480837     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-004-0465-z     Document Type: Article

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