Colimitation of the unicellular photosynthetic diazotroph Crocosphaera watsonii by phosphorus, light, and carbon dioxide

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1501-1512

  Garcia, Nathan S ^a,b   Fu, Fei Xue ^a   Hutchins, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; IRRADIANCE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879564373     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2013.58.4.1501     Document Type: Article

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