Sensitivity of N 2 fixation to combined nitrogen forms (NO - 3 and NH + 4) in two strains of the marine diazotroph Crocosphaera watsonii (Cyanobacteria)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 438, Issue , 2011, Pages 33-46

  Dekaezemacker, Julien ^a   Bonnet, Sophie ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Crocosphaera watsonii; Cyanobacteria; Inhibition; N 2 fixation; Nitrate; Nitrogen uptake

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INHIBITION; NITRATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; SURFACE WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CROCOSPHAERA WATSONII; CYANOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 80053616719     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09297     Document Type: Article

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