The causes and consequences of algal blooms: The Cladophora glomerata bloom and the Neva estuary (eastern Baltic Sea)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 61, Issue 4-6, 2010, Pages 183-188

  Gubelit, Yulia I ^a   Berezina, Nadezhda A ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Attached and drifting algae; Biomass; Decomposition; Filamentous algae; Hypoxia; Production rate

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BIOMASS; ALGAL BLOOMS; ATTACHED ALGAE; ATTACHED AND DRIFTING ALGAE; BALTIC SEA; BIOMASS DYNAMICS; CLADOPHORA GLOMERATA; GREEN ALGA; HYPOXIA; LITTORAL ZONE; NEARSHORES; NEVA ESTUARY; OXYGEN DEPLETION; OXYGEN LEVELS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION RATES; SHALLOW AREAS; SHALLOW-WATER;

ALGAE; BLOOMS (METAL); OXYGEN;

BIOMASS;

OXYGEN;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; GREEN ALGA; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SHALLOW WATER;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BIOMASS; CLADOPHORA GLOMERATA; ESTUARY; GREEN ALGA; HABITAT; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING;

BALTIC STATES; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYTA; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER;

LENINGRAD; NEVA BAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOPHORA GLOMERATA;

EID: 77951299102     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.02.013     Document Type: Article

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