Nitrogen fixation by epiphytic and epibenthic diazotrophs associated with seagrass meadows along the Tanzanian coast, Western Indian Ocean

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-42

  Hamisi, Mariam I ^a,b   Lyimo, Thomas J ^a   Muruke, Masoud H S ^a   Bergman, Birgitta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diazotrophs; Epibenthic; Epiphytes; Nitrogen fixation; Seagrass; Western indian ocean

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; CYMODOCEA ROTUNDATA; HALODULE UNINERVIS; THALASSIA HEMPRICHII; THALASSODENDRON CILIATUM;

EID: 70349467598     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01323     Document Type: Article

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