Distribution and expression of the cyanate acquisition potential among cyanobacterial populations in oligotrophic marine waters

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1959-1971

  Kamennaya, Nina A ^a,b   Post, Anton F ^a,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIXING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PICOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EGYPT; RED SEA [(GVR) EGYPT];

EID: 84884555953     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2013.58.6.1959     Document Type: Article

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