Dinoflagellate bloom formation in natural assemblages with diatoms: Nutrient competition and growth strategies in Baltic spring phytoplankton

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-196

  Kremp, Anke ^a   Tamminen, Timo ^b   Spilling, Kristian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Diatoms; Dinoflagellate blooms; DSi; Eutrophication; Phytoplankton spring bloom; Recruitment; Woloszynskia halophila

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; WOLOSZYNSKIA HALOPHILA;

EID: 39749169660     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01163     Document Type: Article

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