Carotenoid pigments as tracers of cyanobacterial blooms in recent and post-glacial sediments of the Baltic Sea
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High-pressure liquid chromatography was used to determine the presence of carotenoid pigments, for tracing the history and intensity of cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic Sea. Pigment concentrations were lowest in sediments from the Gulf of Finland and highest in those from the Gotland Basin. Decrease of sediment-depth pigment concentration corresponds to a decrease in carbon content.
Publication Name: Ambio
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0044-7447
Year: 2001
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The history of cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic Sea
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A comparison is presented on cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic Sea, using data sets from 1887 to 1938 and 1974 to 1998. The later data sets show increased abundances of both Nodularia spumigena and Aphanizomenon sp., indicating a higher availability of nutrients.
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Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0044-7447
Year: 2001
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Eutrophication, harmful algal blooms and species diversity in phytoplankton communities: examples from the Baltic Sea
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The article contrasts mechanisms regulating algal blooms with those that regulate terrestrial plants. It is posited that the differences between these mechanisms is due primarily to the unique traits of water used as a growth medium which are not present for soils.
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Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0044-7447
Year: 2001
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