The dynamics of the N/P ratio and stratification in a large nitrogen-limited estuary as a result of upwelling: A tendency for offshore Nodularia blooms

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 487, Issue , 2002, Pages 219-227

  Stipa, Tapani ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial blooms; N P ratio; Stratification; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL MODEL;

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

ALGAL BLOOM; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; STRATIFICATION; UPWELLING;

BALTIC SEA;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; NODULARIA;

EID: 0036877186     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022990116669     Document Type: Article

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