Intracellular nitrate in benthic diatom mats

Jeremy Joel Rich1, Elizabeth Gorse2, Sean O'Neill3, Julia Mackin-McLaughlin1, Emilee Burris4 and Aria Amirbahman2, (1)University of Maine, School of Marine Sciences, Orono, ME, United States, (2)University of Maine, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Orono, ME, United States, (3)University of Maine, School of Marine Sciences, Darling Marine Center, Walpole, United States, (4)University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME, United States