Hypoxia-related processes in the Baltic Sea

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3412-3420

  Conley, Daniel J ^a   Bj̈orck, Svante ^a   Bonsdorff, Erik ^b   Carstensen, Jacob ^c   Destouni, Georgia ^d   Gustafsson, Bo G ^d   Hietanen, Susanna ^e   Kortekaas, Marloes ^a   Kuosa, Harri ^f   Meier, H E Markus ^g   Müller Karulis, Baerbel ^h   Nordberg, Kjell ⁱ   Norkko, Alf ^j   Nürnberg, Gertrud ^k   Pitkänen, Heikki ^l   Rabalais, Nancy N ^m   Rosenberg, Rutger ⁱ   Savchuk, Oleg P ^d   Slomp, Caroline P ⁿ   Voss, Maren ^o   Wulff, Fredrik ^d   Zillén, Lovisa ^a   more..

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^j FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^k RRI   (Canada)

^l FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^m LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

ⁿ UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^o LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EUTROPHICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; BALTIC SEA; BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; BENTHIC FAUNAS; BENTHIC FOOD WEBS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BOTTOM WATER; COASTAL MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; CONTROLLING FACTORS; HABITAT LOSS; HYPOXIC WATER; NORTH SEA; NUTRIENT LOADS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SALINITY GRADIENTS; SPATIAL EXTENT; WATER COLUMNS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; MARINE ENGINEERING; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SALINE WATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

PROCESS CONTROL;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BENTHOS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD WEB; HALOCLINE; HYPOXIA;

BALTIC SEA; BENTHIC FAUNA; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EUTROPHICATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOLOCENE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LOADING; REVIEW; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; WATER HYPOXIA;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BALTIC STATES; CLIMATE; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; SEAWATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; NORTH SEA;

EID: 66249145046     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es802762a     Document Type: Review

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