Assessment of relative phosphorus limitation of Trichodesmium spp. in the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and the north coast of Australia

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2495-2502

  Sohm, Jill A ^a   Mahaffey, Claire ^a,b   Capone, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL ORGANISM; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE;

TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 55749106076     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.6.2495     Document Type: Article

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