Performance of the Redfield Ratio and a Family of Nutrient Limitation Indicators as Thresholds for Phytoplankton N vs. P Limitation

Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1201-1214

  Ptacnik, Robert ^a,b   Andersen, Tom ^c   Tamminen, Timo ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic sea; coastal ecosystems; eutrophication; indicators; phytoplankton; Redfield ratio; stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONE; DATA SET; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; REDFIELD RATIO; STOICHIOMETRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 78249270736     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-010-9380-z     Document Type: Article

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