The effect of nutrients on carbon and nitrogen fixation by the UCYN-A-haptophyte symbiosis

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1635-1647

  Krupke, Andreas ^a,c   Mohr, Wiebke ^a,b   Laroche, Julie ^b,d   Fuchs, Bernhard M ^a   Amann, Rudolf I ^a   Kuypers, Marcel M M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FIXATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DUST; GENE EXPRESSION; IRON; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SYMBIOSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

CYANOBACTERIA;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CARBON; DUST; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHEMISTRY; DUST; ECOSYSTEM; HAPTOPHYTA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARBON; DUST; ECOSYSTEM; HAPTOPHYTA; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; SEAWATER; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84932197309     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.253     Document Type: Article

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