Nitrogen fixation within the water column associated with two hypoxic basins in the Southern California Bight

Authors :: Troy Gunderson
Kendra A. Turk
A. Leinweber
Nicolas Gruber
Douglas G. Capone
M. Robert Hamersley
Jonathan P. Zehr
Source :: Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 63:193-205
Publication Year :: 2011
Publisher :: Inter-Research Science Center, 2011.
Abstract: We measured pelagic dinitrogen (N2) fixation by incorporation of 15 N2 during regular cruises over 4 yr to deep hypoxic basins in the Southern California Bight, USA. N2 fixation in the photic zone was dominated (80%) by nanoplankton (

Subjects :: Water column
Oceanography
Aphotic zone
Nitrogen fixation
Nitrogenase
Photic zone
Pelagic zone
Aquatic Science
Biology
Plankton
Bay
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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