Phosphate addition to phosphorus-deficient Baltic Sea plankton communities benefits nitrogen-fixing Cyanobacteria

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-57

  Vahtera, Emil ^a,b   Autio, Riitta ^a,c   Kaartokallio, Hermanni ^a,c   Laamanen, Maria ^a,d  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d Helsinki Commission   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aphanizomenon sp.; Baltic Sea; Nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria; Nodularia spumigena; Phosphate uptake

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; APHANIZOMENON; CYANOBACTERIA; NODULARIA; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA;

EID: 77954249675     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01408     Document Type: Article

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