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Doubling of marine dinitrogen-fixation rates based on direct measurements

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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
    Present addresses: Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA (W.M.); Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, 1355 Oxford Street, PO Box 1500, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada (J.L.R.).)

  • 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
    Present addresses: Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA (W.M.); Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, 1355 Oxford Street, PO Box 1500, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada (J.L.R.).)

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.

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  • Tobias Großkopf & Wiebke Mohr & Tina Baustian & Harald Schunck & Diana Gill & Marcel M. M. Kuypers & Gaute Lavik & Ruth A. Schmitz & Douglas W. R. Wallace & Julie LaRoche, 2012. "Doubling of marine dinitrogen-fixation rates based on direct measurements," Nature, Nature, vol. 488(7411), pages 361-364, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:488:y:2012:i:7411:d:10.1038_nature11338
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11338
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