Influence of the Mississippi River plume on diazotroph distributions in the northern Gulf of Mexico during summer 2011
In the subtropical oligotrophic ocean, nitrogen fixation is an important source of new nitrogen (N) for supporting biological production. Previous studies have found that nitrogen-fixing Diatom-Diazotroph Associations (DDAs) are in high abundance in the intermediate salinity zone of large river plum...
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2012-08-6107 |
