Chloropigments a in the Gulf of Gdańsk (Baltic Sea) as markers of the state of this environment

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 10-12, 2007, Pages 512-528

  Szymczak Zyła, Małgorzata ^a   Kowalewska, Grazyna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Chlorophyll a derivatives; Marine environment; Markers; Pigments; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BEACHES; BIOMARKERS; SEDIMENTS;

BALTIC SEA; CHLOROPHYLL A DERIVATIVES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; WATER DEPTHS;

CHLOROPHYLL;

CHLOROPHYLL A; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; SEA WATER; WATER;

BIOMARKER; CHLOROPHYLL A; CORE ANALYSIS; GROWING SEASON; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE SEDIMENT; SAMPLING; SEAWATER;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BATHOMETER; DEVICE; ENVIRONMENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SALINITY; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE;

CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; POLAND; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF GDANSK; POLAND; POMORSKIE; SOPOT; VISTULA RIVER;

EID: 36549057762     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.09.013     Document Type: Article

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