Modelling the spatial distribution of phytoplankton and inorganic nitrogen in Narva Bay, southeastern Gulf of Finland, in the biologically active period

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 201, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 348-358

  Lessin, Gennadi ^a   Raudsepp, Urmas ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Coastal zone; Ecological modelling; Gulf of Finland; Inorganic nitrogen and phytoplankton distribution; Narva Bay

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; SEAWATER;

ECOHYDRODYNAMIC MODELS; ECOLOGICAL MODELLING; GULF; INORGANIC NITROGEN (IN); PHYTOPLANKTON DISTRIBUTION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COASTAL ZONE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HYDRODYNAMICS; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPHIC STATUS; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EURASIA; GULF OF FINLAND; LAKE PEIPUS; NARVA BAY; NARVA RIVER;

EID: 33846691454     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.09.025     Document Type: Article

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