Interactive effects of irradiance and CO2 on CO2 fixation and N2 fixation in the diazotroph trichodesmium erythraeum (cyanobacteria)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1292-1303

  Garcia, Nathan S ^a   Fu, Fei Xue ^a   Breene, Cynthia L ^a   Bernhardt, Peter W ^b   Mulholland, Margaret R ^b   Sohm, Jill A ^a   Hutchins, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Diazotrophy; Light; Nitrogen fixation; Ocean global change; Trichodesmium

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM; TRICHODESMIUM ERYTHRAEUM;

EID: 82955217697     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01078.x     Document Type: Article

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