The Baltic Sea is affected by a range of human induced environmental pressures such as
eutrophication. Here we synthesize the ongoing shift from diatom dominance toward more …

The algal spring bloom in the Baltic Sea represents an anomaly from the winter-spring
bloom patterns worldwide in terms of frequent and recurring dominance of dinoflagellates …

In temperate coastal waters, the spring bloom, which commonly dominates the seasonal
productivity cycle, is typically composed of cold-water diatoms. In the Baltic Sea …

Spring phytoplankton blooms contribute a substantial part to annual production, support
pelagic and benthic secondary production and influence biogeochemical cycles in many …

Spring bloom composition in the Baltic Sea, a partially ice‐covered brackish coastal
waterbody, is shaped by winter‐spring weather conditions affecting the relative dominance …

The phytoplankton biomass data of the period 1979–2005 of the Belt Sea area and the
Baltic Proper, separated into spring, summer and autumn data, were checked for trends …

In the last decades, the North Sea has undergone intense environmental changes which
have led to regime shifts that affected all trophic levels. Since the 1970s, both increases and …

In recent decades, the phytoplankton community in parts of the Baltic Sea has shifted from
diatom dominance to co-occurrence of diatoms and dinoflagellates during the spring bloom …

Assessments of the environmental status of the Baltic Sea as called for by the Marine
Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) must be based on a set of indicators. A pre-core …

We studied the vertical distribution and settling of dominant diatoms and dinoflagellates
during the 1996 spring phytoplankton bloom in the offshore NW Baltic Sea proper. We …