
Limnology and Oceanography Letters, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Jan. 23, 2025
Abstract Biological nitrogen fixation is the conversion of dinitrogen (N 2 ) gas into bioavailable by microorganisms with consequences for primary production, ecosystem function, and global climate. Here we present a compiled dataset 4793 ‐fixation) rates measured in water column benthos inland coastal systems via acetylene reduction assay, 15 N labeling, or /Ar technique. While data are distributed across seven continents, most observations (88%) from northern hemisphere. labeling accounted 67% measurements, while assay 81% benthic ‐fixation observations. Dataset median area‐, volume‐, mass‐normalized 7.1 μ mol ‐N m −2 h −1 , 2.3 × 10 −4 L 4.8 g respectively. This will facilitate future efforts to study scale contributions aquatic environments.
Language: Английский