Measuring carbon and N2 fixation in field populations of colonial and free-living unicellular cyanobacteria using nanometer-scale secondary ion mass spectrometry1

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 502-516

  Foster, Rachel A ^a   Sztejrenszus, Saar ^a,b   Kuypers, Marcel M M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crocosphaera; Diazocyte; N2 fixation; NanoSIMS; Unicellular

Indexed keywords

CROCOSPHAERA; CROCOSPHAERA WATSONII; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84878703583     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12057     Document Type: Article

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