Environmental regulation of nitrogen fixation in a high arctic lowland ecosystem

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Botany
• Main Authors: Chapin, David M., Bliss, L. C., Bledsoe, L. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1991
• Subjects: Devon Island; polar desert
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b91-345; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/b91-345

This study examined spatial and temporal variation in cyanobacterial nitrogen fixation and the environmental regulation of this variation at Truelove Lowland, Devon Island, N.W.T. Acetylene reduction rates of soil–plant cores from a variety of plant communities were measured under uniform conditions...