The role of inorganic and organic nutrients on the development of phytoplankton along a transect from the Daugava River mouth to the open Baltic, in spring and summer 1999

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 827-835

  Põder, Tõnis ^a,d   Maestrini, Serge Y ^b   Balode, Maija ^c   Lips, Urmas ^a   Béchemin, Christian ^b   Andrushaitis, Andris ^c   Purina, Ingrida ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^d TALLINN PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Community structure; DON; DOP; Gulf of Riga; Inorganic nutrients; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGA; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; GROWTH; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILICATE; TRANSECT;

BALTIC SEA; GULF OF RIGA;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0038717408     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-3139(03)00069-9     Document Type: Article

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