Growth and carbon content of three different-sized diazotrophic cyanobacteria observed in the subtropical North Pacific

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1212-1220

  Goebel, Nicole L ^a   Edwards, Christopher A ^a   Carter, Brandon J ^a   Achilles, Katherine M ^a   Zehr, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric relationships; Crocosphaera; Cyanobacteria; Diazotroph; Group A; Nitrogen fixation; Trichodesmium

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 53549096771     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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