Seasonal significance of N2 fixation in coastal and offshore waters of the northwestern Baltic Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 360, Issue , 2008, Pages 73-84

  Degerholm, Jenny ^a,b   Gundersen, Kjell ^a,c   Bergman, Birgitta ^a   Söderbäck, Erik ^a,d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d QIAGEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aphanizomenon; Baltic Sea; Himmerfj rden; N2 fixation; Nodularia

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH; NITROGEN FIXATION; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HIMMERFJARDEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

APHANIZOMENON; CYANOBACTERIA; NODULARIA;

EID: 46949104156     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07379     Document Type: Article

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