COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF NITROGEN FIXATION 1 METHODOLOGIES CONDUCTED IN THE OLIGOTROPHIC NORTH 2 PACIFIC OCEAN 3 4 Samuel
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COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF NITROGEN FIXATION 1 METHODOLOGIES CONDUCTED IN THE OLIGOTROPHIC NORTH 2 PACIFIC OCEAN 3 4 Samuel T. Wilson, Daniela Böttjer, Matthew J. Church, and David M. Karl 5 6 1 Department of Oceanography, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, 7 University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 8 2 Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, University of Hawaii, 9 1950 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 10 11 Running title: Assessment of nitrogen fixation methods 12 13 corresponding author, Email: [email protected] 14 Tel: 808-956-0565; Fax: 808-956-0581 15 16
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