Mechanisms of increased Trichodesmium fitness under iron and phosphorus co-limitation in the present and future ocean

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Walworth, Nathan G ^a   Fu, Fei Xue ^a   Webb, Eric A ^a   Saito, Mak A ^b   Moran, Dawn ^b   McLlvin, Matthew R ^b   Lee, Michael D ^a   Hutchins, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; IRON; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEOME;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; IRON; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEOMICS;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CELL SIZE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PROTEOMICS; SEA; STEADY STATE; TRICHODESMIUM ERYTHRAEUM;

CYANOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 84976592257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12081     Document Type: Article

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