Diazotrophic bacteria respond to Saharan dust additions

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 470, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-14

  Langlois, Rebecca J ^a,b   Mills, Matthew M ^a,c   Ridame, Celine ^a,d   Croot, Peter ^a,e   LaRoche, Julie ^a,b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bioassay; NifH; Nitrogen fixation; North Atlantic; Nutrient limitation; QPCR; Trichodesmium; UCYN A

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; COLONY STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DUST; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEIC ACID; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); SAHARA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM; TRICHODESMIUM ERYTHRAEUM;

EID: 84870785028     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10109     Document Type: Article

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