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标题：Changes in phytoplankton communities along a north–south gradient in the Baltic sea between 1990 and 2008
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作者：Andres Jaanus ; Agneta andersson ; Irina olenina 等
期刊名称：Boreal Environment Research
印刷版ISSN：1239-6095
出版年度：2011
卷号：16
页码：191-208
语种：English
出版社：Finnish Limnological Society
摘要：Evaluation of changes in Baltic Sea phytoplankton communities has been hampered by a lack of quantitative long-term data. We investigated changes in biomass of summer (June–September) phytoplankton over the last two decades (1990–2008) along a north–south gradient in the Baltic Sea. The areas were characterized by different temperature, salinity and nutrient conditions. Thirty taxonomic groups were selected for the statistical analysis. Increases in total phytoplankton, particularly cyanobacterial, biomass were observed in the Gulfs of Bothnia and Finl and. In these two areas over the study period cyanobacteria also became abundant earlier in the season, and in the Curonian Lagoon Planktothrix agardhii replaced Aphanizomenon flos-aquae as the most abundant cyanobacterium. In general, water temperature was the most influential factor affecting the summer phytoplankton communities. Our data suggest that temperature increases resulting from climate change are likely to cause basin-specific changes in the phytoplankton communities, which in turn may affect overall ecosystem functioning in the Baltic Sea.