The sensitivity of marine N2 fixation to dissolved inorganic nitrogen

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2012, Pages

  Knapp, Angela N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Diazotroph; Inhibition; N2 fixation; Nitrate; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874587050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00374     Document Type: Article

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