Red tide, an impermanent natural phenomenon including harmful algal blooms, causes
changing the color of the sea generally to red or almost brown, and has a serious impact on …

Numerous methods have been developed for the quantitative assessment of eutrophication:
statistical techniques, simulation models and water quality indicators are the most widely …

Coastal waters are often influenced by seawater intrusion and terrestrial emissions because
of its special location. In this study, the dynamics of microbial community with the role of …

Changes in the biomass and species composition of phytoplankton may reflect major shifts
in environmental conditions. We investigated relationships between the late summer …

Increased precipitation is one projected outcome of climate change that may enhance the
discharge of freshwater to the coastal zone. The resulting lower salinity, and associated …

We combine phytoplankton occurrence data for 119 species from the continuous plankton
recorder with climatological environmental variables in the North Atlantic to obtain …

Despite their ecological and economic importance, Transitional Waters (TWs) have fallen
behind all the other water categories in respect to the implementation of the Water …

We propose a definition for identification of blooms and use this definition to investigate the
underlying mechanisms of summer blooms and their link to nutrient enrichment. Blooms …

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 …

There is an increasing understanding and requirement to take into account the effects of
invasive alien species (IAS) in environmental quality assessments. While IAS are listed …