Multi-proxy evidence of long-term changes in ecosystem structure in a Danish marine estuary, linked to increased nutrient loading

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 567-578

  Ellegaard, Marianne ^a   Clarke, Annemarie L ^b   Reuss, Nina ^b   Drew, Simon ^c   Weckström, Kaarina ^d   Juggins, Stephen ^c   Anderson, N John ^e   Conley, Daniel J ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences ^*  (Finland)

^e LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

anoxia; diatoms; dinoflagellate cysts; eutrophication; palaeoecology; pigments

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ESTUARY; EUKARYOTE; EUTROPHICATION; MORTALITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT CORE;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; MARIAGER FJORD; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33745041000     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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