Spatial and seasonal variations of cyanobacteria and their nitrogen fixation rates in Sanya Bay, South China Sea

Scientia Marina

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-251

  Dong, Junde ^a,b   Zhang, Yanying ^a,b,c   Wang, Youshao ^a   Zhang, Si ^a,b   Wang, Hankui ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b National Experiment Station of Tropical Marine Biology   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Nitrogen fixation; Phytoplankton; Sanya Bay; Trichodesmium

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; CYANOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL MAT; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRICHOME;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAINAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SANYA BAY; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ANABAENA; CALOTHRIX; CYANOBACTERIA; LYNGBYA; NOSTOC; OSCILLATORIA; TRICHODESMIUM; TRICHODESMIUM THIEBAUTII;

EID: 48749131967     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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