Delineation of the role of nutrient dynamics and hydrologic forcing on phytoplankton patterns along a freshwater-marine continuum

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 208, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 230-246

  Arhonditsis, George B ^a   Stow, Craig A ^b   Paerl, Hans W ^c   Valdes Weaver, Lexia M ^c   Steinberg, Laura J ^d   Reckhow, Kenneth H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Southern Methodist University   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Cyanobacteria; Eutrophication; Neuse River Estuary; Phytoplankton dynamics; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; NEUSE RIVER ESTUARY; PHYTOPLANKTON DYNAMICS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

NUTRIENTS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESTUARINE FRONT; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER FLOW; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NEUSE ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 35248840952     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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