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HIGH NITROGEN FIXATION RATES IN THE SARGASSO SEA AND THE ARABIAN SEA 1
Author(s) -
Dugdale Richard C.,
Goering John J.,
Ryther John H.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1964.9.4.0507
Subject(s) - sargasso sea , oceanography , nitrogen fixation , trichodesmium , nitrogen , environmental science , chemistry , geology , diazotroph , organic chemistry
Nitrogen fixation rates have been measured in the Sargasso Sea and the Arabian Sea using the N 15 method. Heavy enrichments in N 15 were found in a number of experiments in which the blue‐green alga, Trichodesmium, was used for the experimental material.