Causes of variability in diatom and Phaeocystis blooms in Belgian coastal waters between 1989 and 2003: A model study

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-35

  Gypens, Nathalie ^a   Lacroix, Geneviève ^b   Lancelot, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Ecological modelling; Eutrophication; Interannual variability; North Sea; Phaeocystis

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ANNUAL VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; DIATOM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESIDENCE TIME; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

BAY OF SEINE; BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SCHELDT RIVER; SEINE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; PHAEOCYSTIS;

EID: 33845217164     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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