Differing responses of marine N2 fixers to warming and consequences for future diazotroph community structure

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-46

  Fu, Fei Xue ^a   Yu, Elizabeth ^a   Garcia, Nathan S ^a   Gale, Jasmine ^a   Luo, Yunsheng ^a   Webb, Eric A ^a   Hutchins, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crocosphaera; Global change; Nitrogen fixation; Temperature; Trichodesmium; Warming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896277720     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01683     Document Type: Article

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