Nitrogen cycling in an Antarctic ecosystem 2. Estimation of the amount of nitrogen fixation in a moss community on East Ongul Island

• Published in: Ecological Research
• Main Authors: Nakatsubo, Takayuki, Ino, Yoshio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1987
• Subjects: Antarctic; Syowa Station; Ongul; Ongul Island; East Ongul Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; E. Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02348617; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1007%2FBF02348617; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1007/BF02348617/fullpdf

Abstract Nitrogen fixation by cyanobacteria in a moss community on East Ongul Island (69°00'S 39°35′E), Antarctica was investigated using the acetylene reduction method. The mean acetylene reduction rate at 10°C and 200 μE·m −2 ·s −1 photosynthetically active radiation was 7.12 nmol C 2 H 4 per...