Probable causes for cyanobacterial expansion in the Baltic Sea: Role of anoxia and phosphorus retention

Estuaries

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 680-689

  Westman, Per ^a   Borgendahl, Johanna ^a   Bianchi, Thomas S ^b   Chen, Nianhong ^b,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; CYANOBACTERIUM; HOLOCENE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PALEOECOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS;

BALTIC SEA;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0041926616     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02711979     Document Type: Article

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