The impact of simulated chronic nitrogen deposition on the biomass and N2-Fixation activity of two boreal feather moss-Cyanobacteria associations

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Gundale, Michael J ^a   Bach, Lisbet H ^a,c   Nordin, Annika ^b  

^a Department of Forest Ecology and Management ^*  (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atmospheric nitrogen deposition; Bryophytes; Cyanobacteria; Diazotroph; Feather moss; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; MOSS; NITROGEN FIXATION;

SWEDEN;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN DEPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; BRYOPHYTES; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIAZOTROPH; ECOSYSTEM; FEATHER MOSS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWEDEN; TREE;

ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN DEPOSITION; BRYOPHYTES; CYANOBACTERIA; DIAZOTROPH; FEATHER MOSS; NITROGEN FIXATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; BRYOPHYTA; CARBON; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; SWEDEN; TREES;

EID: 84891956296     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0797     Document Type: Article

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