Modelling the Danube-influenced north-western continental shelf of the Black Sea. II: Ecosystem response to changes in nutrient delivery by the Danube River after its damming in 1972

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 473-499

  Lancelot, C ^a   Staneva, J ^b   Van Eeckhout, D ^c   Beckers, J M ^d   Stanev, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c Federal Planning Bureau   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Danube; Ecological modelling; Eutrophication

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANKTON;

(NORTHWEST); BLACK SEA;

AURELIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPEPODA; MNEMIOPSIS; NOCTILUCA;

EID: 0036522603     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.2000.0659     Document Type: Article

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