Key role of phosphorus and nitrogen in regulating cyanobacterial community composition in the northern Baltic Sea

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 164, Issue , 2015, Pages 161-171

  Andersson, Agneta ^a   Höglander, Helena ^b   Karlsson, Chatarina ^a   Huseby, Siv ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Chroococcales; Cyanobacteria; Indicators; Nostocales; Oscillatoriales

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; DOMINANCE; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BOTHNIAN BAY; GULF OF BOTHNIA;

CHROOCOCCALES; CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOCALES; OSCILLATORIALES;

EID: 84939176724     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2015.07.013     Document Type: Article

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