Physiological ecology of Trichodesmium and its microbiome in the oligotrophic ocean

The colonial, N2 fixing cyanobacterium Trichodesmium is a keystone species in oligotrophic ocean ecosystems. Trichodesmium is responsible for approximately 50% of the total biologically fixed N2 in the ocean, and this “new” nitrogen fuels primary productivity and the amount of carbon sequestered by...

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Main Author: Frischkorn, Kyle Robert
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7916/D8X654G9