Nitrogen Fixation by Trichodesmium and unicellular diazotrophs in the northern South China Sea and the Kuroshio in summer

Abstract Distribution of diazotrophs and their nitrogen fixation activity were investigated in the northern South China Sea (nSCS) and the Kuroshio from July 16th to September 1st, 2009. N2 fixation activities in whole seawater and <10 μm fraction at the surface were measured by acetylene reducti...

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Main Authors: Chao Wu, Fei-Xue Fu, Jun Sun, Satheeswaran Thangaraj, Laxman Pujari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20743-0