Control of phytoplankton production by physical forcing in a strongly tidal, well-mixed estuary

Biogeosciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-218

  Desmit, X ^a   Vanderborght, J P ^a   Regnier, P ^b   Wollast, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE; WORLD; ZEELAND;

ALGAE;

EID: 23944436474     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-2-205-2005     Document Type: Article

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