Silicon load and the development of diatoms in three river-lake systems in countries surrounding the Baltic Sea

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 599, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-76

  Nõges, Peeter ^a,b   Nõges, Tiina ^a   Adrian, Rita ^c   Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A ^d  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate; Diatoms; Discharge; Lakes; NAO; Rivers; Silicon

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); LAKES; SILICON;

DIATOMS; DISSOLVED SILICON LOADS; RIVER-LAKE SYSTEMS;

RIVERS;

BIOMASS; CLIMATE FORCING; DIATOM; RIVER DISCHARGE; SILICON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BALTIC STATES; CENTRAL EUROPE; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 38849154578     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9194-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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