Autotrophy, nitrogen accumulation and nitrogen limitation in the Baltic Sea: A paradox or a buffer for eutrophication?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 21, 2003, Pages

  Thomas, Helmuth ^a   Pempkowiak, Janusz ^b   Wulff, Fred ^c   Nagel, Klaus ^d  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MARINE BIOLOGY; NITROGEN; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; HETEROTROPHY;

GEOPHYSICS;

AUTOTROPHY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COASTAL WATER; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; STRATIFICATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 1642296750     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017937     Document Type: Article

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