Phosphorus-limited growth dynamics in two Baltic Sea cyanobacteria, Nodularia sp. and Aphanizomenon sp.

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 323-332

  Degerholm, Jenny ^a,b   Gundersen, Kjell ^a,c   Bergman, Birgitta ^a   Söderbäck, Erik ^a,d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Aphanizomenon; Nitrogen fixation; Nodularia; Phosphorus; Specific growth

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS;

APHANIZOMENON; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULARIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APHANIZOMENON; BALTIC STATES; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULARIA; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOSPHATES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

APHANIZOMENON; CYANOBACTERIA; NODULARIA;

EID: 33751012097     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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