Regulation of heterocyst frequency in Baltic Sea Aphanizomenon sp.

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1357-1367

  Zakrisson, Anna ^a   Larsson, Ulf ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aphanizomenon sp.; Baltic Sea proper; cyanobacteria; diazotrophs; heterocysts

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OPEN OCEAN; OVERWINTERING; PYCNOCLINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

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

APHANIZOMENON; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84908290782     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbu055     Document Type: Article

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