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Decades of data reveal major ecological shift in northern Baltic Sea

For decades, scientists have regarded phosphorus as the main nutrient limiting biological production in the Gulf of Bothnia. Now, a new study led by researchers at Umeå University shows that a fundamental change is underway.

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For decades, scientists have regarded phosphorus as the main nutrient limiting biological production in the Gulf of Bothnia. Now, a new study led by researchers at Umeå University shows that a fundamental change is underway. The Bothnian Sea has shifted to nitrogen limitation, while the Bothnian Bay is rapidly moving in the same direction.

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