High rates of ammonium recycling drive phytoplankton productivity in the offshore Mississippi River plume

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-184

  Wawrik, Boris ^a   Paul, John H ^a   Bronk, Deborah A ^b   John, David ^a   Gray, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium uptake; Gulf of Mexico; Mississippi River plume; Nitrate uptake; Nutrient cycling

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 4143111366     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame035175     Document Type: Article

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