Decadal-scale changes of Dinoflagellates and Diatoms in the Anomalous Baltic Sea spring bloom

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Klais, Riina ^a   Tamminen, Timo ^b   Kremp, Anke ^b   Spilling, Kristian ^b   Olli, Kalle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SILICATE;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BENTHOS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST (RESTING STAGE); DEGLACIATION; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; EUTROPHICATION; FINLAND; HYDROGRAPHY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; RIVER BASIN; SALINITY; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DOMINANCE; TREND STUDY; BIOMASS; EUROPE; SEA; SEASON; TIME;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE;

BIOMASS; DIATOMS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; EUROPE; EUTROPHICATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959666270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021567     Document Type: Article

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