Dominance of unicellular cyanobacteria in the diazotrophic community in the Atlantic Ocean

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 623-637

  Agawin, Nona S R ^a   Benavides, Mar ^b   Busquets, Antonio ^a   Ferriol, Pere ^a   Stal, Lucas J ^c,d   Arístegui, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOMINANCE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 84895856360     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2014.59.2.0623     Document Type: Article

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