A historical analysis of the potential nutrient supply from the N 2 fixing marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium spp. to Karenia brevis blooms in the eastern Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1421-1431

  Lenes, Jason M ^a   Heil, Cynthia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Karenia brevis; N 2 fixation; nutrients; red tide; Trichodesmium; West Florida shelf

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; GROWTH RATE; IRON; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHOSPHORUS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; WEST FLORIDA SHELF;

CYANOBACTERIA; KARENIA BREVIS; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 77956462220     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq061     Document Type: Article

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