An inflow and intrusion event in the Little Belt at the North Sea-Baltic Sea transition and a related sub-surface bloom of Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 265-276

  Lund Hansen, Lars Chresten ^a   Vang, Torben ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Regional Hospital of Vejle   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Inflow; Intrusion; Kattegat; Mixing; Pseudo nitzschia pseudodelicatissima; Sub surface bloom

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; INFLOW; MIXING; SALINE INTRUSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; NORTH SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; NITZSCHIA; NITZSCHIA PSEUDODELICATISSIMA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA PSEUDODELICATISSIMA; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 1642505634     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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