Changes in phytoplankton communities along a north-south gradient in the Baltic Sea between 1990 and 2008

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. A, 2011, Pages 191-208

  Jaanus, Andres ^a   Andersson, Agneta ^b   Olenina, Irina ^c,d   Toming, Kaire ^a   Kaljurand, Kaire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^d Marine Research Department of the Environmental Protection Agency   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; CYANOBACTERIA; PLANKTOTHRIX AGARDHII;

EID: 79953235598     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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