- 1990 #34 (66p.)
- Author(s): GESAMP
- Publisher(s): UNESCO
- Journal Series Reports and Studies
Reports and Studies No. 34
The main purpose of this report is to assess the extent to which increases in the availability of nutrients due to anthropogenic activities affect plant production in the sea and the consequences this may have upon man’s interests and the environment. Nutrients in this context can be defined as those substances which are required for growth of primary producers such as benthic algae, aquatic vascular plans and phytoplankton all of which are autotrophic organisms using light as their energy source…
The major nutrients in a marine context are compounds of nitrogen and phosphorus and, to a lesser extent, silicate. Because the inputs of nitrogen and phosphorus compounds are known to have been particularly affected by anthropogenic activity, the report focuses particularly on these…