Trichodesmium in the western Gulf of Mexico: 15N 2-fixation and natural abundance stable isotope evidence

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2249-2259

  Holl, Carolyn M ^a,d   Villareal, Tracy A ^b   Paynes, Christopher D ^a,e   Clayton, Tonya D ^c,f   Hart, Cassandra ^b   Montoya, Joseph P ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OCEANIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; FOOD CHAIN; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN FIXATION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 35348972466     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.5.2249     Document Type: Article

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