Long-term temporal and spatial trends in eutrophication status of the Baltic Sea

Biological Reviews

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 135-149

  Andersen, Jesper H ^a,b,c   Carstensen, Jacob ^b   Conley, Daniel J ^d   Dromph, Karsten ^b,e   Fleming Lehtinen, Vivi ^c,f   Gustafsson, Bo G ^g   Josefson, Alf B ^b   Norkko, Alf ^c,h   Villnäs, Anna ^h   Murray, Ciarán ^b  

^a NIVA Denmark Water Research   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

^f HELCOM   (Finland)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

assessment; Baltic Sea; benthic communities; chlorophyll a; Danish Straits; eutrophication; evidence based management; hypoxia; indicators; nutrient enrichment

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BALTIC STATES; EUTROPHICATION; METABOLISM; SEA; TIME;

BALTIC STATES; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOSPHORUS; TIME;

EID: 84951936512     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12221     Document Type: Article

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