Nitrogen fixation in restored eelgrass meadows

Nitrogen fixation in restored eelgrass meadows

Biological nitrogen (N2) fixation is the primary input of new nitrogen (N) to marine systems, and is important in meeting the N demands of primary producers. In this study, we determined whether restoration of the eelgrass Zostera marina L. in a shallow coastal bay facilitated increasing rates of N2 fixation as the meadows aged. Rates of N2 fixation were measured in a system that had been devoi...

Nitrogen Fixation (Acetylene Reduction) by Rhizosphere Sediments of the Eelgrass Zostera marina

Nitrogen fixation (acetylene reduction) was consistently and immediately detectable in rhizosphere sediments of the eelgrass Zostera marina L. collected from several stations and at various times of the year Nitrogenase activity was detected down to 12 cm with the major fraction occurring in the 0 to 6 cm segment. Nitrate and NH,+ (100 to 200 &M) inhibited nitrogenase activity, while glucose (1...

Reduced water motion enhances organic carbon stocks in temperate eelgrass meadows

Nitrogen Fixation

Plant growth is directly dependent upon an adequate supply of fixed nitrogen. Water and fixed nitrogen are the most common limiting factors for plant growth.There is an abundance of nitrogen in the atmosphere, but it is in the form of the relatively inert gas, N2, and this must be converted chemically or biologically into a more active form before plants can utilize it. Chemical fixation most c...

Nitrogen fixation in ruminants.

The amount of nitrogen gas (N2) available for microbial protein synthesis via nitrogen fixation in the rumen was estimated. Measurements were made of nitrogen fixation by ruminal ingesta from goats fed low protein rations for a prolonged period of time, and by ingesta from sheep fed high protein rations. Nitrogen fixation by rumen microorganisms incubated for 30 or 180 min in vitro was measured...