Recent environmental changes and filamentous algal mats in shallow bays on the Swedish west coast - A result of climate change?

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 202-212

  Cossellu, Michele ^a   Nordberg, Kjell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Algal Mats; Climate Change; Eutrophication; Scandinavia; Sediment Records; Shallow Bays

Indexed keywords

ALGAL MAT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEPOSITION; EUTROPHICATION; GREEN ALGA; HEAVY METAL; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE POLLUTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SHALLOW WATER; WATER EXCHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SCANDINAVIA;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 77949567629     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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