Doubling of marine dinitrogen-fixation rates based on direct measurements

Tobias Großkopf (), Wiebke Mohr, Tina Baustian, Harald Schunck, Diana Gill, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Gaute Lavik, Ruth A. Schmitz, Douglas W. R. Wallace and Julie LaRoche ()
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Tobias Großkopf: Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR), Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Wiebke Mohr: Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR), Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Tina Baustian: Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR), Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Harald Schunck: Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR), Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Diana Gill: Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR), Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Marcel M. M. Kuypers: Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstraße 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Gaute Lavik: Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstraße 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Ruth A. Schmitz: Institute for General Microbiology, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Am Botanischen Garten 1–9, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Douglas W. R. Wallace: Dalhousie University, 1355 Oxford Street, PO Box 15000, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada
Julie LaRoche: Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR), Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany

Nature, 2012, vol. 488, issue 7411, 361-364

Abstract: A newly developed method of measuring oceanic nitrogen-fixation rates provides significantly higher estimates than a current widely applied technique, and could close gaps in the marine nitrogen budget.

Date: 2012
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