Development of a subsurface chlorophyll maximum at the entrance to the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1089-1106

  Kanonen, Kaisa ^a   Hällfors, Seija ^a   Kokkonen, Marjaana ^a   Kuosa, Harri ^a   Laanemets, Jaan ^b   Pavelson, Juss ^b   Autio, Riitta ^c  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOTIC FACTOR; CHLOROPHYLL A; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BALTIC SEA; GULF OF FINLAND;

ANABAENA LEMMERMANNII; APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; CHRYSOCHROMULINA; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA; OCHROMONAS;

EID: 0031735414     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.6.1089     Document Type: Article

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