Late summer metalimnetic oxygen minimum zone in the northern Baltic Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Raateoja, M ^a   Kuosa, H ^b   Flinkman, J ^a   Paakkonen J P ^c   Perttila M ^d  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c City of Helsinki   (Finland)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Baltic Sea; Decomposition; Hydrography; Oxygen; Thermocline

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; AMMONIUM; BALTIC SEA; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; DENSITY GRADIENTS; EMPIRICAL MODELLING; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FINLAND; GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS; GULF OF FINLAND; MESOZOOPLANKTON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL DECOMPOSITION; ORGANIC CARBON POOLS; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; TIME FRAME;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; HYDROLOGY; NAVIGATION; OCEAN HABITATS; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; STREAM FLOW;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIUM; AUTOCHTHON; DECOMPOSITION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EUPHOTIC ZONE; GRAPHICAL METHOD; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMOCLINE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 73449143447     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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