The Baltic Sea a century ago - a reconstruction from model simulations, verified by observations

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 485-494

  Savchuk, Oleg P ^a   Wulff, Fredrik ^a   Hille, Sven ^b   Humborg, Christoph ^a   Pollehne, Falk ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Biogeochemical fluxes; Coastal point loads; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Reference conditions; Trophic state

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; ECOLOGY; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTATION; WATER POLLUTION;

BALTIC SEA; BIOGEOCHEMICAL FLUXES; COASTAL POINT LOADS; REFERENCE CONDITIONS; TROPHIC STATE;

NONMETALS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RECONSTRUCTION; TRANSPARENCY; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 54049084232     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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