Rates of dinitrogen fixation and the abundance of diazotrophs in North American coastal waters between Cape Hatteras and Georges Bank

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1067-1083

  Mulholland, M R ^a   Bernhardt, P W ^a   Blanco Garcia, J L ^a   Mannino, A ^b   Hyde, K ^c   Mondragon, E ^d,e   Turk, K ^d   Moisander, P H ^d,f   Zehr, J P ^d  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e North Coast Laboratories   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84864229302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2012.57.4.1067     Document Type: Article

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