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<p>The aim of this study was to reconstruct paleoenvironmental changes of the SW part of the Gulf of Gdańsk. Three subbottom sedimentary cores were analyzed with respect to diatom flora. Post-Littorina Sea assemblages were noticed in the lower parts of the cores, whilst the present-day eutrophication of the gulf was evidenced in their superficial sediments, with high abundance of so-called ‘anthropogenic assemblage’ taxa. Shifts in the species composition might have been caused by intensified nutrient load, increasing organic matter concentrations and possible silica limitation.</p>
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The aim of this study was to reconstruct paleoenvironmental changes of the SW part of the Gulf of Gdańsk. Three subbottom sedimentary cores were analyzed with respect to diatom flora. Post-Littorina Sea assemblages were noticed in the lower parts of the cores, whilst the present-day eutrophication of the gulf was evidenced in their superficial sediments, with high abundance of so-called ‘anthropogenic assemblage’ taxa. Shifts in the species composition might have been caused by intensified nutrient load, increasing organic matter concentrations and possible silica limitation.

Diatoms as indicators of eutrophication in the SW part of the Gulf of Gdańsk, the Baltic Sea

Institute of Oceanography, Department of Marine Geology

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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The aim of this study was to reconstruct paleoenvironmental changes of the SW part of the Gulf of Gdańsk. Three subbottom sedimentary cores were analyzed with...

Diatoms as indicators of eutrophication in the SW part of the Gulf of Gdańsk, the Baltic Sea

Published Online: Jan 21, 2011

Page range: 68 - 81

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-011-0008-5

Keywords
eutrophication, diatoms, anthropogenic assemblage, the Gulf of Gdańsk

© 2011 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Diatoms as indicators of eutrophication in the SW part of the Gulf of Gdańsk, the Baltic Sea

Published Online: Jan 21, 2011

Page range: 68 - 81

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-011-0008-5

Keywordseutrophication, diatoms, anthropogenic assemblage, the Gulf of Gdańsk

© 2011 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
eutrophication, diatoms, anthropogenic assemblage, the Gulf of Gdańsk