Long-term trends at the Boknis Eck time series station (Baltic Sea), 1957-2013: Does climate change counteract the decline in eutrophication?

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 6323-6339

  Lennartz, S T ^a   Lehmann, A ^a   Herrford, J ^a   Malien, F ^a   Hansen, H P ^a   Biester, H ^b   Bange, H W ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUTROPHICATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DECLINE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84913585416     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-6323-2014     Document Type: Article

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