The influence of a coastal upwelling event on chlorophyll a and nutrient dynamics in the surface layer of the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 639, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 221-230

  Kuvaldina, Natalja ^a   Lips, Inga ^a   Lips, Urmas ^a   Liblik, Taavi ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Chlorophyll a; Gulf of Finland; Nutrients; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ADVECTIVE TRANSPORT; BALTIC SEA; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; COASTAL UPWELLING EVENTS; DETECTION LIMITS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GULF OF FINLAND; MIXED LAYER; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; NUTRIENTS CONCENTRATIONS; PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATION; SIZE FRACTION; SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPPER LAYER; UPWELLING WATERS; WATER MIXING;

CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; LANDFORMS; PORPHYRINS; STABILIZATION;

NUTRIENTS;

ADVECTION; CHLOROPHYLL A; FIELD SURVEY; NITRATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIZE SELECTION; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE LAYER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF FINLAND;

EID: 75849154009     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-0022-4     Document Type: Article

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