Transfer of fixed-N from N2-fixing cyanobacteria associated with the moss Sphagnum riparium results in enhanced growth of the moss

Plant and Soil

Volumn 362, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 271-278

  Berg, Andreas ^a   Danielsson, Åsa ^a   Svensson, Bo H ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogen transfer; Peatlands; Sphagnum riparium

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FIXATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MOSS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PEATLAND; SYMBIOSIS;

BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM RIPARIUM;

EID: 84871525991     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1278-4     Document Type: Article

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