Phytoplankton pigments in Baltic Sea seston and sediments: Seasonal variability, fluxes, and transformations

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 369-383

  Bianchi, T S ^a   Rolff, C ^b   Widbom, B ^b   Elmgren, R ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Carbon flux; Plant pigments

Indexed keywords

PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WATER COLUMN;

BALTIC SEA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0036708860     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.2001.0911     Document Type: Article

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