Hypoxia and cyanobacteria -- not natural features of the Baltic Sea
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Hypoxia and cyanobacterial blooms are not natural features of the Baltic Sea L. Zillén and D. J. Conley Department of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Division of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 22362 Lund, Sweden Received: 3 March 2010 – Accepted: 4 March 2010 – Published: 15 March 2010 Correspondence to: L. Zillén ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
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