Changes in dissolved silicate loads to the Baltic Sea - The effects of lakes and reservoirs

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 223-235

  Humborg, Christoph ^a   Smedberg, Erik ^a   Medina, Miguel Rodriguez ^a   Mörth, Carl Magnus ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Biogenic silica; Damming; Dissolved silicate; Eutrophication; Retention; River loads

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; BIOGENIC SILICA; DAMMING; DISSOLVED SILICATE; EUTROPHICATION; RETENTION; RIVER LOADS;

DISSOLUTION;

COASTAL ZONE; DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC CARBON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR; SILICA; SILICATE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATERSHED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LULE RIVER; NORRBOTTEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 51249098321     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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