Nitrogen fixation in the western English Channel (NE Atlantic Ocean)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 374, Issue , 2009, Pages 7-12

  Rees, Andrew P ^a   Gilbert, Jack A ^a   Kelly Gerreyn, Boris A ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diazotrophy; NifH Western english channel; Nitrogen fixation; Temperate atlantic

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CHANNEL; DENITRIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 60049087253     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07771     Document Type: Article

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