Ammonium uptake and dinitrogen fixation by the unicellular nanocyanobacterium crocosphaera watsonii in nitrogen-limited continuous cultures

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2029-2036

  Masuda, Takako ^a   Furuya, Ken ^a   Kodama, Taketoshi ^a,b   Takeda, Shigenobu ^a,c   Harrison, Paul J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DILUTION; GROWTH RATE; GYRE; LIGHT EFFECT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL);

EID: 84886390535     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2013.58.6.2029     Document Type: Article

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