Comparative assessment of nitrogen fixation methodologies, conducted in the oligotrophic north pacific ocean

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 6516-6523

  Wilson, Samuel T ^a,b   Böttjer, Daniela ^a,b   Church, Matthew J ^a,b   Karl, David M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; DINITROGEN; FIELD MEASUREMENT; GAS BUBBLE; GLOBAL OCEAN; HEADSPACE ANALYSIS; HIGH FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS; INCUBATION PERIODS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; SEAWATER SAMPLES; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; SURFACE SEAWATER; TRACER MEASUREMENT;

ACETYLENE; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); ETHYLENE; SEAWATER;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

ACETYLENE; NITROGEN; SEA WATER;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLOBAL OCEAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SAMPLING; SEAWATER; TRACER;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MARINE BIOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; TIME;

ACETYLENE; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MARINE BIOLOGY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84866165669     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01146-12     Document Type: Article

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