Long-term variability of vertical chlorophyll a and nitrate profiles in the open Black Sea: Eutrophication and climate change

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 294, Issue , 2005, Pages 95-107

  Yunev, Oleg A ^a   Moncheva, Snejana ^b   Carstensen, Jacob ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll profile; Eutrophication; Long term variability; Nitrate profile; Open Black Sea; Secchi depth

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUTROPHICATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NITRATE; OPEN OCEAN;

BLACK SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WORLD;

EID: 21244491549     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps294095     Document Type: Article

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