Dynamics of sediment phosphorus in the brackish Gulf of Finland

• Main Author: Lehtoranta, Jouni
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Finnish Environment Institute 2013
• Subjects: merenpohja; ravinteet; fosfori; rauta; sedimentaatio; sedimentit; murtovesi; rehevöityminen; limnologia; Suomenlahti; Itämeri; Neva; Boreal Environment Research
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/39329

One of the main threats facing the Baltic Sea is eutrophication due to an excess supply of nutrients. In the Gulf of Finland, primary productivity and biomasses of autotrophic and heterotrophic organisms are among the highest in the Baltic. The high biomasses are attributed mainly to the eutrophying...