Assessing impacts of invasive phytoplankton: The Baltic Sea case

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1691-1700

  Olenina, Irina ^a,b   Wasmund, Norbert ^c   Hajdu, Susanna ^d   Jurgensone, Iveta ^e   Gromisz, Sławomira ^f   Kownacka, Janina ^f   Toming, Kaire ^g   Vaiciute, Diana ^a   Olenin, Sergej ^a,b  

^a KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b Uni Research AS   (Norway)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LATVIAN INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC ECOLOGY   (Latvia)

^f NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Biological pollution; Cryptogenic; Environmental impact assessment; Non indigenous species; Plankton microalgae community; Prorocentrum minimum

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL POLLUTION; CRYPTOGENIC; MICRO-ALGAE; NONINDIGENOUS SPECIES; PROROCENTRUM MINIMUM;

ALGAE CONTROL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MICROORGANISMS; OCEAN HABITATS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARINE POLLUTION; MICROALGA; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC SPECIES; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PROROCENTRUM MINIMUM; SPECIES INVASION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

BALTIC STATES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

DINOPHYCEAE; PROROCENTRUM MINIMUM;

EID: 77957130050     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.06.046     Document Type: Article

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