Extremes of temperature, oxygen and blooms in the baltic sea in a changing climate

Ambio

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 574-585

  Neumann, Thomas ^a   Eilola, Kari ^b   Gustafsson, Bo ^c   Müller Karulis, Bärbel ^c   Kuznetsov, Ivan ^b   Meier, H E Markus ^b   Savchuk, Oleg P ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Climate change; Ecosystem; Modeling

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACTION PLAN; ALGAL BLOOM; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTREME EVENT; OXYGEN; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUTROPHICATION; SEA; TEMPERATURE;

BALTIC STATES; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUTROPHICATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84867186427     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-012-0321-2     Document Type: Article

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