Water clarity and eelgrass responses to nitrogen reductions in the eutrophic Skive Fjord, Denmark

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 704, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 293-309

  Carstensen, Jacob ^a   Krause Jensen, Dorte ^a   Markager, Stiig ^a   Timmermann, Karen ^a   Windolf, Jørgen ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Eelgrass depth limit; Eutrophication; Light attenuation; Nutrients; Oligotrophication; Secchi depth

Indexed keywords

AUTOCHTHON; BIVALVE; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETRITUS; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD WEB; GRAZING PRESSURE; JELLYFISH; LIGHT EFFECT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PARTICULATE INORGANIC MATTER; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESUSPENSION; SEAGRASS; WATER COLUMN;

DENMARK; MIDTJYLLAND; SKIVE FJORD;

MYTILUS EDULIS; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 84873748311     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1266-y     Document Type: Article

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