Nitrogen budget of the northwestern Black Sea shelf inferred from modeling studies and in situ benthic measurements

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 270, Issue , 2004, Pages 15-39

  Gregoire M ^a,c   Friedrich, J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Limnological Research Center   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic processes; Black Sea's northwestern shelf; Coupled biogeochemical hydrodynamical model; Mathematical modeling; Nitrogen cycling

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FLUX; MODELING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER PLUME; SEDIMENTATION; SHELF DYNAMICS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA;

EID: 2442544696     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps270015     Document Type: Article

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