Food web structure and function in the Gulf of Bothnia, the Baltic Sea

Ambio

Volumn 25, Issue SPEC. ISS. 8, 1996, Pages 13-21

  Kuparinen, Jorma ^a   Leonardsson, Kjell ^b   Mattila, Johanna ^c,d   Wikner, Johan ^e,f  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Water Protect Assoc of SW Finland ^*  (Finland)

^d Water Protect Assoc S W Finland   (Finland)

^e Umeå Marine Scientific Centre   (Sweden)

^f Umeå Marine Scientific Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CARBON FLOW; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB;

BALTIC SEA; BALTIC SEA, GULF OF BOTHNIA;

EID: 0030428034     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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57. We want to thank the crews of the Swedish coast guard KBV 04, Finnish R/V Aranda and Swedish R/V Argos for assistance during sampling and analyses on board A number of technical personnel and scientists both in Sweden and Finland deserve special thanks for making this unique joint effort possible. Finnish research projects were financed by the Finnish Institute of Manne Research, the National Board of Waters, communes and private industries as well as private foundations. Swedish projects were funded by the National Science Council, the Ministry of Environment and private industries as well as private foundations We are grateful to Dr. Nicholas Blackburn for providing valuable comments on the manuscript.