Nitrogen fixation within the water column associated with two hypoxic basins in the Southern California Bight

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-205

  Hamersley, M Robert ^a   Turk, K A ^b   Leinweber, A ^c   Gruber, N ^c,d   Zehr, J P ^b   Gunderson, T ^e   Capone, D G ^e  

^a SOKA UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diazotrophy; Hypoxic basin; Nitrogen fixation; Southern California Bight

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 79956293298     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01494     Document Type: Article

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