Nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium spp.: An important source of new nitrogen to the tropical and subtropical North Atlantic Ocean

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Capone, Douglas G ^a   Burns, James A ^a,b   Montoya, Joseph P ^c   Subramaniam, Ajit ^d   Mahaffey, Claire ^a,e   Gunderson, Troy ^a   Michaels, Anthony F ^a   Carpenter, Edward J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Quileute Natural Resources   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; SURFACE FLUX;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 27644437960     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GB002331     Document Type: Article

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