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Acetylene (C 2 H 2 ) reduction method, 69–71
Aeolian dust, 121
Aerobic transformations, 4
ALOHA, 127, 128
AMT, see Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT)
Anammox, 5, 78
Anopore
® filters, 73
Antibiotic streptomycin, 34
Aphanizomenon, 43
Argon Induced Hydrogen Production
(AIHP), 75
Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT), 148
Autoprotection, 17
Azotobacter, 31
Azotobacter vinelandii, 12
B
Basins
Benthic studies, 151–152
heterotrophic N 2 fixation inputs, 150
pelagic studies, 148–152
Benthic marine environments, 36, 37
Benthic studies, 151–152
Benthos
benthic marine environments, 50
corals and coral reefs, 51, 52
deep sea sediments, 53
heterotrophic N 2 fixers, 50
microbial mats, 51
shallow and deep sediments, 51
Bermuda Atlantic Time-Series (BATS), 128
Biogeochemical cycles, 1
Biogeochemical proxies, 78–80, 175
Biogeography, 177
Biological N 2 fixation (BNF), 5, 171
benthic marine environments, 36
history, 31–37 (see also N 2 fixation)
water column, 34–36
Biological reduction of N 2 , 15–18
Biotechnology, 162–163
BNF, see Biological N 2 fixation (BNF)
C
Calothrix, 46
Canonical denitrification, 5
Cavity Ring Down Laser Absorption
Spectroscopy (CRDLAS), 71
C cycling, 2
Cellular regulation, 21–24
Chemotrophic N 2 -fixing microorganisms, 98
Chlorophyll pigment, 81
Coastal and upwelling regions, 127
CO 2 fixation, 160
Corals and coral reefs, 51, 52
Crocosphaera, 47, 95, 121, 128, 174
Cultivation, 64–69
Cyanobacteria, 6, 17, 23, 24, 33, 34, 43–48, 97
filamentous, 98
nonheterocyst-forming, 98
Cyanobacterial diazotrophs, 125
Cyanobacterial N 2 -fixers, 125
Cyanothece, 47
D
Deep sea benthos, 53
Denitrification, 32, 78, 79, 157
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