Nitrogen fixation in the western equatorial Pacific: Rates, diazotrophic cyanobacterial size class distribution, and biogeochemical significance

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Bonnet, Sophie ^a,b   Biegala, Isabelle C ^c   Dutrieux, Pierre ^d   Slemons, Lia O ^e   Capone, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OCEANIC WATERS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SIZE CLASS; SIZE FRACTION; TRICHODESMIUM; TYRAMIDE SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION; WARM POOLS;

AMPLIFICATION; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; NITROGEN; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

ASSAY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; NICHE PARTITIONING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; WARM POOL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 71449105538     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GB003439     Document Type: Article

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