Impacts of nutrient enrichment and sediment on phytoplankton community structure in the northern Baltic Sea

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 579, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 351-368

  Lagus, Annika ^a   Suomela, Janne ^b   Helminen, Harri ^b   Sipura, Jaana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Finland's Environmental Administration   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Eutrophication; Mesocosm experiment; Picocyanobacteria; Plankton; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYETHYLENES; SEDIMENTS;

MESOCOSM EXPERIMENTS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT FLUX; PHYTOPLANKTONS; PICOCYANOBACTERIA; SEA; ZOOPLANKTONS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EUTROPHICATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MESOCOSM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SUBSTRATE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCHIPELAGO SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; PRASINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 33846970213     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0491-7     Document Type: Article

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