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Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
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Research Abstract |
Using the^<15> N_2 tracer method and high-sensitivity stable nitrogen isotopic composition analytical systems, we determined N2 fixation rates for ocean samples by dividing them into particulate and filtrate fractions. While N_2 fixation in the filtrate fraction had been ignored in previous studies, we found a significant N_2 fixation rates in the filtrate fraction in our study.
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