Insights on nitrogen balance in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 851-853

  Krom, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION;

CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOMS; ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 79953295818     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02404.x     Document Type: Article

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