Diel variation of molybdenum and iron in marine diazotrophic cyanobacteria

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 978-990

  Tuit, Caroline ^a,b   Waterbury, John ^a   Ravizza, Gregory ^a,c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; DIEL VARIATION;

CROCOSPHAERA; CROCOSPHAERA WATSONII; CYANOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM; TRICHODESMIUM ERYTHRAEUM;

EID: 3843147091     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.4.0978     Document Type: Article

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