Phytoplankton biomass response to nitrogen inputs: A method for WFD boundary setting applied to Danish coastal waters

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 633, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 137-149

  Carstensen, Jacob ^a   Henriksen, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Ecosystem responses; Eutrophication; Nutrient enrichment; Total nitrogen

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUES; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL WATER BODIES; COASTAL WATERS; DENMARK; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES; GRAZING PRESSURE; NITROGEN LEVELS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; NUTRIENT REDUCTION; NUTRIENT SOURCES; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; QUANTITATIVE KNOWLEDGE; REFERENCE CONDITION; RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY; RESPONSE MODEL; SITE-SPECIFIC; TOTAL NITROGEN; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

ALGAE CONTROL; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; TIME SERIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION;

NITROGEN;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EUTROPHICATION; GRAZING PRESSURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 71349087184     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9867-9     Document Type: Article

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