Nutrient control of cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic Sea

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-173

  Stal, Lucas J ^a   Staal, Marc ^a   Villbrandt, Marlies ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Bloom; Cyanobacteria; Iron; Molybdate; Nitrogen; Nitrogen fixation; Nutrients; Picoplankton; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

APHANIZOMENON; NODULARIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033538861     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame018165     Document Type: Article

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