Phytoplankton, protozooplankton and nutrient dynamics in the Bornholm Basin (Baltic Sea) in 2002-2003 during the German GLOBEC Project

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 251-260

  Beusekom, Justus E E ^a   Mengedoht, Dirk ^a   Augustin, Christina B ^a   Schilling, Mario ^b   Boersma, Maarten ^a,c  

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

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic; Fluorescence; Fluoroprobe; GLOBEC; Nutrients; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIATOM; FLAGELLATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BORNHOLM BASIN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CILIOPHORA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MESODINIUM RUBRUM; MYRIONECTA RUBRA; SKELETONEMA;

EID: 61349110224     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-007-0231-x     Document Type: Article

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