Phytoplankton spring blooms in the southern Baltic sea - Spatio-temporal development and long-term trends

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1099-1117

  Wasmund, N ^a   Nausch, G ^a   Matthaus W ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; BLOOM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTION; SUPPRESSION;

ALGAL BLOOM; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; SPRING;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0031817028     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/20.6.1099     Document Type: Article

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