Short-Term N2 Fixation Kinetics in a Moss-Associated Cyanobacteria

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 46; no. 16; pp. 8667 - 8671
• Main Authors: Jean, Marie-Eve, Cassar, Nicolas, Setzer, Cameron, Bellenger, Jean-Philippe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 21.08.2012
• Subjects: acetylene reduction; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Bryophyta; Bryophyta - microbiology; Cyanobacteria; Cyanobacteria - metabolism; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; environmental factors; epiphytes; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Kinetics; Microscopy, Fluorescence; mosses and liverworts; Nitrogen Fixation; nitrogen-fixing bacteria; Plant cytology, morphology, systematics, chorology and evolution; spectroscopy; temperate forests; temperature; terrestrial ecosystems; Short term; Nitrogen fixation; Bacteria; Bryophyta; Cyanobacteria

N2 fixation by moss-associated cyanobacteria plays an important role in the nitrogen cycling of terrestrial ecosystems. Recent studies have mainly focused on boreal ecosystems; little is known about such association in other ecosystems. Moss-associated cyanobacteria are subject to rapid changes (hou...