Cyanobacterial surface blooms formed by Aphanizomenon sp. and Nodularia spumigena in the Baltic Sea: Small-scale fluxes, pH, and oxygen microenvironments

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 914-921

  Ploug, Helle ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIGHT INTENSITY; OXYGEN; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

APHANIZOMENON; CYANOBACTERIA; NODULARIA; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA;

EID: 44949127920     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.3.0914     Document Type: Article

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