Changes in latitude and dominant diazotrophic community alter N2 fixation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 516, Issue , 2014, Pages 85-102

  Raes, Eric J ^a   Waite, Anya M ^a,b   McInnes, Allison S ^a   Olsen, Hannipoula ^a   Nguyen, Hoang Minh ^a   Hardman Mountford, Nick ^a,c   Thompson, Peter A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

ARISA; Indian Ocean; Nitrogen fixation; Phytoplankton community; Trichodesmium; Trophic transfer

Indexed keywords

LATITUDE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROPLANKTON; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; SHELF BREAK; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

INDIAN OCEAN; TIMOR SEA;

TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 84916640276     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps11009     Document Type: Article

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