Long-term nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization effects on N 2 fixation rates and nifH gene community patterns in mangrove sediments

Marine Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-127

  Romero, Isabel C ^a   Jacobson, Myrna ^a   Fuhrman, Jed A ^a   Fogel, Marilyn ^b   Capone, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diazotrophs; Mangroves; Nitrogen fixation; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FERTILIZER; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MANGROVE; MARINE SEDIMENT; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; STANN CREEK; TWIN CAYS;

OTUS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84856014354     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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