Modelling freshwater phytoplankton communities: An exercise in validation

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-26

  Elliott, J A ^a,b   Irish, A E ^a   Reynolds, C S ^a   Tett, P ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lake ecosystems; Modelling; Phytoplankton; Validation

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CHLOROPHYLL; FRESH WATER; MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 0034599937     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(99)00221-5     Document Type: Article

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