Effect of Danube River dam on Black Sea biogeochemistry and ecosystem structure

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6623, 1997, Pages 385-388

  Humborg, Christoph ^a   Ittekkot, Venugopalan ^b   Cociasu, Adriana ^c   Bodungen, Bodo V ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MARINE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRIGORE ANTIPA   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0030975369     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386385a0     Document Type: Article

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