Impact of jellyfish and mussels on algal blooms caused by seasonal oxygen depletion and nutrient release from the sediment in a Danish fjord

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 351, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 92-105

  Møller, Lene Friis ^a   Riisgård, Hans Ulrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aurelia aurita; Eutrophication; Grazing impact; Mytilus edulis; Oxygen depletion; Phytoplankton blooms; Zooplankton control

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIVALVE; CHLOROPHYLL A; EUTROPHICATION; GRAZING PRESSURE; JELLYFISH; NUTRIENT; OXYGEN; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SKIVE FJORD; VIBORG;

ALGAE; AURELIA AURITA; MYTILUS EDULIS; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 34548429537     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.06.026     Document Type: Article

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