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Nutrient transports in the Baltic Sea – results from a 30-year physical–biogeochemical reanalysis
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping,
Sweden
H. E. Markus Meier
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Rostock,
Germany
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping,
Sweden
Kari Eilola
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping,
Sweden
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From the reanalysis, nutrient transports between sub-basins, between the coastal zone and the open sea, and across latitudinal and longitudinal cross sections, are calculated. Further, the spatial distributions of regions with nutrient import or export are examined. Our results emphasize the important role of the Baltic proper for the entire Baltic Sea. For the calculation of sub-basin budgets, the location of the lateral borders of the sub-basins is crucial.
From the reanalysis, nutrient transports between sub-basins, between the coastal zone and the...
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