Elevated CO2 enhances nitrogen fixation and growth in the marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 531-538

  Levitan, O ^a   Rosenberg, G ^a   Setlik, I ^b   Setlikova, E ^b   Grigel, J ^b   Klepetar, J ^b   Prasil, O ^b   Berman Frank, Ilana ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

C:N; CCM; CO2; Cyanobacteria; Diazotrophs; N fixation; Ocean pH; Photosynthesis; Trichodesmium

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

CYANOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 33846912492     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01314.x     Document Type: Article

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