From sediment to bloom: using numerical particle tracking simulations to investigate spatial patterns and potential dispersal of algal resting stages to seed future phytoplankton blooms in the Baltic Sea

Philina Borowski, PhD-Student1, Siren Rühs2, Anke Kremp1, Peter Holtermann3, Christiane Hassenrück3, Ulf Gräwe2, Henna Savela4, Sanna Suikkanen4 and Dr. Ingrid Sassenhagen, PhD1, (1)Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Biological Oceanography, Rostock, Germany, (2)Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW), Rostock, Germany, (3)Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Rostock, Germany, (4)Marine and Freshwater Solutions, Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland