Table 2 Nitrogen fluxes associated with fiddler crab individuals incubated in microcosms.

From: N2 fixation dominates nitrogen cycling in a mangrove fiddler crab holobiont

Measure

Rates µmol N gdw−1 crab d−1

N2

− 12.98 ± 2.93

n = 5

NH4+

1.10 ± 0.21

n = 5

NO2-

0.07 ± 0.01

n = 5

NO3-

0.21 ± 0.03

n = 5

DON

1.81 ± 2.17

n = 5

TDN

3.18 ± 2.14

n = 5

  1. Average and standard errors are given. Total dissolved nitrogen was calculated as sum of NH4+, NO2-, NO3- and DON.
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