BASIC: Baltic Sea cyanobacteria. An investigation of the structure and dynamics of water blooms of cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea - Responses to a changing environment

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 23, Issue 17-19, 2003, Pages 1695-1714

  Stal, Lucas J ^a   Albertano, Patrizia ^b   Bergman, Birgitta ^c   Von Bröckel, Klaus ^d   Gallon, John R ^e   Hayes, Paul K ^f   Sivonen, Kaarina ^g   Walsby, Anthony E ^f  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^e SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Community structure; Cyanobacterial bloom; N2 fixation; Picocyanobacteria; Primary production

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RED ALGA; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; CYANOBACTERIA; FLOS; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA; PSEUDANABAENA; PSEUDANABAENA SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0347364879     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2003.06.001     Document Type: Article

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