The demise of the alga Botryococcus braunii from a Norwegian fjord was due to early eutrophication

Holocene

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 133-140

  Smittenberg, R H ^a,b   Baas, M ^a   Schouten, S ^a   Sinninghe Damste J S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alga; Anoxia; Biomarker; Botryococcenes; Botryococcus braunii; Environmental change; Eutrophication; Fjord; Norway; Palaeoenvironmental indicators

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FJORD; HOLOCENE; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT;

DRAMMENSFJORD; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

ALGAE; BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII;

EID: 11844280797     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683605hl786rp     Document Type: Article

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