History and scenarios of future development of Baltic Sea eutrophication

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 307-322

  Voss, Maren ^a   Dippner, Joachim W ^a   Humborg, Christoph ^b   Hürdler, Jens ^c   Korth, Frederike ^a   Neumann, T ^a   Schernewski, Gerald ^a   Venohr, Markus ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Catchment area; Climatic changes; Eutrophication; Land use; Models

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EUTROPHICATION; LAND USE; NITROGEN FIXATION; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION COVER; WATERSHED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF BOTHNIA; ODER RIVER;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 79955483267     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.12.037     Document Type: Article

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