Modelling diatom growth in turbulent waters

Water Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2713-2725

  Patel, Dipen ^a,b   Guganesharajah, K ^a,c   Thake, Brenda ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Modoc Hall   (United States)

^c MOTT MACDONALD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algal models; Critical depth; Diatoms; Mixed depth; Phytoplankton growth; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE WATERS; TURBULENCE;

ALGAL BLOOMS; TURBULENT WATER;

WATER ANALYSIS;

WATER;

ALGAL BLOOM; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DARKNESS; DIATOM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER QUALITY; WIND;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; RUMEX; SKELETONEMA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM;

EID: 2942637708     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2003.12.030     Document Type: Article

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