Upwelling events may cause cyanobacteria blooms in the Baltic Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-76

  Wasmund, Norbert ^a   Nausch, Günther ^a   Voss, Maren ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anabaena; Baltic Sea; Cyanobacteria; Nodularia; Phosphorus; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA; BALTIC SEA; CYANOBACTERIA; NODULARIA; UPWELLING;

ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATERS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

NITROGEN FIXATION;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; MESOCOSM; MIXING; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ANABAENA; APHANIZOMENON; CYANOBACTERIA; NODULARIA;

EID: 80054759065     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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