Physical forcing of nitrogen fixation and diazotroph community structure in the North Pacific subtropical gyre

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Church, Matthew J ^a   Mahaffey, Claire ^a,b   Letelier, Ricardo M ^c   Lukas, Roger ^a   Zehr, Jonathan P ^d   Karl, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DINITROGEN; FILAMENTOUS MICROORGANISMS; MESOSCALE; N2 FIXATION; NORTH PACIFIC; OCEAN BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; OCEAN CARBON CYCLE; OCEAN TIME; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA-SURFACE HEIGHT ANOMALIES; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; SUMMER MONTHS; TRICHODESMIUM; UPPER OCEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOMASS; MICROORGANISMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

BACTERIUM; CARBON CYCLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT;

ALOHA STATION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CYANOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 70349558276     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GB003418     Document Type: Article

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