Seasonal nitrogen fixation and primary production in the Southwest Pacific: Nanoplankton diazotrophy and transfer of nitrogen to picoplankton organisms

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 343, Issue , 2007, Pages 25-33

  Garcia, Nicole ^a   Raimbault, Patrick ^a   Sandroni, Valérie ^a  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

Nanoplankton; New Caledonia; Nitrogen fixation; Picoplankton

Indexed keywords

COUPLING; CYANOBACTERIUM; LAGOON; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NANOPLANKTON; NITROGEN FIXATION; OCEAN; PICOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

CYANOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 34548398408     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps06882     Document Type: Article

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