Blooms of Baltic Sea Aphanizomenon sp. (Cyanobacteria) collapse after internal phosphorus depletion

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-69

  Walve, Jakob ^a   Larsson, Ulf ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Cell quota; Cyanobacteria; Heterocysts; Iron; Molybdenum; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

APHANIZOMENON; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; NODULARIA; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA;

EID: 42149146715     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01130     Document Type: Article

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