High numbers of Trichodesmium and diazotrophic diatoms in the southwest Indian Ocean
We observed high cell numbers of large (>50?m) nitrogen-fixing phytoplankton to the south and to the east of Madagascar in February 2005. The distribution of the diazotrophic taxa we found was markedly different: Trichodesmium was most abundant (500-1000 trichomes L-1) in the waters at the southe...
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2009-08-08.
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