Mesozooplankton Graze on Cyanobacteria in the Amazon River Plume and Western Tropical North Atlantic

Diazotrophic cyanobacteria, those capable of fixing di-nitrogen (N2), are considered one of the major sources of new nitrogen (N) in the oligotrophic tropical ocean, but direct incorporation of diazotrophic N into food webs has not been fully examined. In the Amazon River-influenced western tropical...

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Main Authors: Brandon J. Conroy, Deborah K. Steinberg, Bongkuen Song, Andrew Kalmbach, Edward J. Carpenter, Rachel A. Foster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01436/full