Eutrophication, harmful algal blooms and species diversity in phytoplankton communities examples from the Baltic Sea

Authors
Citation
K. Kononen, Eutrophication, harmful algal blooms and species diversity in phytoplankton communities examples from the Baltic Sea, AMBIO, 30(4-5), 2001, pp. 184-189
Citations number
52
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology,"Environmental Engineering & Energy
Journal title
AMBIO
ISSN journal
0044-7447 → ACNP
Volume
30
Issue
4-5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
184 - 189
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-7447(200108)30:4-5<184:EHABAS>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Understanding the mechanisms that govern biological diversity in various en vironments is one of the greatest challenges for the scientific community o f today. Compared to terrestrial and benthic habitats, mechanisms regulatin g species diversity in planktonic ecosystems have been dealt with relativel y little. This is mainly due to the scarcity of the experimental evidence f rom field studies where the multitude of spatiotemporal scales have been co vered with sufficient resolution. This paper discusses the pecularities of the aquatic system as a growth environment for phytoplankton in comparison to terrestrial/connected systems. Examples of the regulation of species div ersity in the Baltic Sea are presented.