Phosphate availability controls Trichodesmium spp. biomass in the SW Pacific Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 297, Issue , 2005, Pages 15-21

  Moutin, Thierry ^a   Van Den Broeck, Nathalie ^a   Beker, Beatriz ^a   Dupouy, Cécile ^b   Rimmelin, Peggy ^a   Le Bouteiller, Aubert ^b  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Diazotrophy; Phosphate availability; South Pacific Ocean; Trichodesmium spp.

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; DISSOLVED INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHATE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); WORLD;

TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 24044438877     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps297015     Document Type: Article

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