High numbers of Trichodesmium and diazotrophic diatoms in the southwest Indian Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Poulton, Alex J ^a   Stinchcombe, Mark C ^a   Quartly, Graham D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; CELL MEMBRANES; NITROGEN; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

CELL NUMBER; CELL-BASED; INDIAN OCEAN; MADAGASCAR; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; SUBTROPICAL WATER; TRICHODESMIUM;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; TRICHOME;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 70350014989     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039719     Document Type: Article

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