Seasonality of N2 fixation and nifH gene diversity in the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea)

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 219-233

  Foster, R A ^a   Paytan, A ^a   Zehr, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; DUST; GENE EXPRESSION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHATE (INORGANIC); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONALITY;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

CYANOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 61649100484     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.1.0219     Document Type: Article

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