Dependence of upwelling-mediated nutrient transport on wind forcing, bottom topography and stratification in the Gulf of Finland: Model experiments

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 213-225

  Laanemets, Jaan ^a   Zhurbas, Victor ^a,b   Elken, Jüri ^a   Vahtera, Emil ^c  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c City of Helsinki   (Finland)

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CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 62149131445     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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