Reconstructing N<sub>2</sub>-fixing cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic Sea beyond observations using 6- and 7-methylheptadecane in sediments as specific biomarkers
<p>Summer cyanobacterial blooms represent a threat to the Baltic Sea ecosystem, causing deoxygenation of the bottom water and the spread of the so-called dead zones. The history of the Baltic Sea cyanobacterial blooms is known from in situ and satellite observations since the early 1980s but i...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2020-05-01
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Series: | Biogeosciences |
Online Access: | https://www.biogeosciences.net/17/2579/2020/bg-17-2579-2020.pdf |