Potential applications of an empirical phytoplankton production model to shallow water ecosystems

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 55-61

  Brawley, John W ^a   Brush, Mark J ^b   Kremer, James N ^c   Nixon, Scott W ^b  

^a TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoons; Empirical models; Estuarine models; Phytoplankton production; Shallow estuarine systems

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

EID: 0037301444     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(02)00310-1     Document Type: Article

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