New estimation of N2 fixation in the western and central Pacific Ocean and its marginal seas

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Shiozaki, Takuhei ^a   Furuya, Ken ^a   Kodama, Taketoshi ^a   Kitajima, Satoshi ^a   Takeda, Shigenobu ^a,b   Takemura, Toshihiko ^c   Kanda, Jota ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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CALOTHRIX CRUSTACEA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 85013931426     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GB003620     Document Type: Article

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