Subsurface chlorophyll maximum (SCM) location and extension in the water column as governed by a density interface in the strongly stratified Kattegat estuary

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 673, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-118

  Lund Hansen, Lars Chresten ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Density interface; Kattegat; Nutrients; Stratification; Subsurface chlorophyll maxima

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE LAYER; SURFACE WATER; TRANSECT; WATER COLUMN;

KATTEGAT;

EID: 79960565417     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0761-x     Document Type: Article

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