TY - T1 - Seasonal variation in estuarine phytoplankton viability and its relationship with carbon dynamics in the Baltic Sea SN - / 2485-2501 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/335737 T3 - Hydrobiologia 847 11 (2020) A1 - Elovaara, Samu; Degerlund, Maria; Franklin, Daniel J.; Kaartokallio, Hermanni; Tamelander, Tobias A2 - PB - Springer Link Y1 - 2020 LA - en AB - Cell death drives the magnitude and community composition of phytoplankton and can result in the conversion of particulate organic carbon to dissolved organic carbon (DOC), thereby affecting carbon cycling in the aquatic food web. We used a membrane integrity probe (Sytox Green) to study the seasonal variation in the percentage of viable cells in the phytoplankton population in an estuary in the northern Baltic Sea for 21 months. The associated dissolved and particulate organic matter concentrat... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - sytox green; POC; DOC; cell death; organic matter sedimentation; seasonal variation; seasons; estuarine phytoplankton; carbon dynamics; Baltic Sea; dissolved organic carbon; carbon cycling; aquatic food web; membrane integrity probe; diatoms; dinoflagellates; nutrient concentration; virus-like particle; seawater temperature; salinity; riverine water; carbon export; ecosystem; marine ecosystem; coastal marine ecosystems; POC; DOC; solukuolema; orgaanisen materian sedimentaatio; vuodenajat; vaihtelu; variaatio; dynamiikka; hiilen kierto; piilevät; panssarisiimaeliöt; meren lämpötila; meriveden lämpötila; suolapitoisuus; saliniteetti; jokivesi; hiili; ekosysteemit (ekologia); meren ekosysteemi; meriekosysteemi; Itämeri; Pohjoinen Itämeri N1 - PP - ER -