Seasonal and inter-annual variation in occurrence and biomass of rooted macrophytes and drift algae in shallow bays

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 56, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 1167-1175

  Berglund, J ^a,b   Mattila, J ^a   Ronnberg O ^a   Heikkila J ^a   Bonsdorff, E ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Baltic Sea; Drift algae; Eutrophication; Macrophytes; Seasonal dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALAND ISLANDS; BALTIC SEA;

ALGAE; CHARA ASPERA; CHARACEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOPHORA GLOMERATA; PECTINATUS; PILAYELLA LITTORALIS; POTAMOGETON; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; PYLAIELLA LITTORALIS; STUCKENIA PECTINATUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0042627758     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(02)00326-8     Document Type: Article

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