Molybdenum-nitrogen co-limitation in freshwater and coastal heterocystous cyanobacteria

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 667-676

  Glass, Jennifer B ^a   Wolfe Simon, Felisa ^b,d   Else, James J ^c   Anba, Ariel D ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; FRESHWATER; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SEAWATER;

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC SP.; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120;

EID: 78650107871     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.55.2.0667     Document Type: Article

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