Filter feeding and plankton dynamics in a Danish fjord: A review of the importance of flow, mixing and density-driven circulation

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-207

  Riisgard H U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ascidians (Ciona intestinalis); Benthic pelagic coupling; Biomixing; Diffusion model; Hydrodynamics; Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita); Modelling; Monitoring programmes; Population grazing impact; Zooplankton dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; SALINE WATER;

ASCIDIAN (CIONA INTESTINALI); BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BIOMIXING; DIFFUSION MODEL; JELLYFISH (AURELIA AURITA); JELLYFISH (AURELIUM AURITA); MODELING; MONITORING PROGRAMMES; POPULATION GRAZING IMPACT; ZOOPLANKTON DYNAMICS;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

FILTER FEEDING; HYDRODYNAMICS; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BIOMASS; DENMARK; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDRODYNAMICS; INVERTEBRATE; JELLYFISH; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYCHAETA; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER FLOW; ZOOPLANKTON;

DENMARK;

ASCIDIACEA; AURELIA AURITA; BIVALVIA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0032096321     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1998.0205     Document Type: Article

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