Biogeochemical and environmental drivers of coastal hypoxia

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 141, Issue , 2015, Pages 190-199

  Caballero Alfonso, Angela M ^a   Carstensen, Jacob ^b   Conley, Daniel J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Coastal zone; Hypoxia; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COASTAL ZONES; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LOADING; OXYGEN;

BALTIC SEA; COASTAL MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; HYPOXIA; INTERACTING PROCESS; LAND-BASED NUTRIENT LOADINGS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT REDUCTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

NUTRIENTS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYPOXIA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; DENMARK; FINLAND; GULF OF BOTHNIA; STOCKHOLM ARCHIPELAGO; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

EID: 85027942874     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.04.008     Document Type: Article

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