Control of the mid-summer net community production and nitrogen fixation in the central Baltic Sea: An approach based on pCO2 measurements on a cargo ship

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Schneider, B ^a   Gustafsson, E ^b   Sadkowiak, B ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Baltic Nest Institute   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Nitrogen fixation; Phosphorus; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; SHIPS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

AUTOMATED MEASUREMENT; BALTIC SEA; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; CYANOBACTERIA BLOOMS; IRRADIATION CONDITIONS; NET COMMUNITY PRODUCTIONS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARGO; CYANOBACTERIUM; MASS BALANCE; MIXED LAYER; NITROGEN FIXATION; PARTIAL PRESSURE; SEASONALITY; SOLAR RADIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; IRRADIANCE; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NITRATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; FINLAND; GULF OF FINLAND; HELSINKI; VARSINAIS-SUOMI;

EID: 84901232882     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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