Do Baltic Sea diazotrophic cyanobacteria take up combined nitrogen in situ?

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1368-1380

  Zakrisson, Anna ^a   Larsson, Ulf ^a   Höglander, Helena ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; cyanobacteria; diazotrophs; nitrogen fixation; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPEN OCEAN; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; HIMMERFJARDEN; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84905660226     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbu053     Document Type: Article

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