Methodological underestimation of oceanic nitrogen fixation rates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Mohr, Wiebke ^a   Großkopf, Tobias ^a   Wallace, Douglas W R ^a   LaRoche, Julie ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; NITROGEN; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON FIXATION; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISSOLUTION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FLUID BALANCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBUBBLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; OCEANIC REGIONS; TRICHODESMIUM; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEA;

BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIA; ISOTOPE LABELING; KINETICS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER;

EID: 77958548069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012583     Document Type: Article

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