Bacterial Nitrogen Fixation in a Polluted Coral Reef Flat Ecosystem, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands

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dc.contributor.author	Hanson, RB	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Gundersen, KR	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2008-04-11	en_US
dc.date.available	2008-04-11	en_US
dc.date.issued	1976-10	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Hanson RB, Gundersen KR. 1976. Bacterial nitrogen fixation in a polluted coral reef flat ecosystem, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Pac Sci 30(4): 385-393.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0030-8870	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/1173	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Benthic nitrogen fixation was investigated in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, which receives secondary sewage from two treatment plants. The range of nitrogen fixation rates (2 to 10 ng N2g-l hr-l) was similar to those reported by other workers for a variety of benthic systems. Enrichment cultures prepared from sediment samples from five stations revealed the existence of several distinct physiological types of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. It was found that 50 percent of the bacterial fixation in the southern sector was light-dependent. There was a significant relationship between the numbers of nitrogen-fixing bacteria detected and rates of nitrogen fixation measured in the sediments.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en-US	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Hawaii Press	en_US
dc.title	Bacterial Nitrogen Fixation in a Polluted Coral Reef Flat Ecosystem, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.type.dcmi	Text	en_US