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Science 9 June 2006:
Vol. 312. no. 5779, pp. 1479 - 1480
DOI: 10.1126/science.1129129
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ECOLOGY:
Getting a Better Picture of the Ocean's Nitrogen Budget

Zbigniew S. Kolber

The most common nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium in the oceans is more abundant than previously estimated and can therefore account for at least a portion of the apparent oceanic nitrogen deficit.

The author is at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, 7700 Sandholdt Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA. E-mail: zkolber{at}mbari.org

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