Numerical modeling of the central Black Sea ecosystem functioning during the eutrophication phase

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 286-333

  Gregoire M ^a   Raick, C ^a   Soetaert, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Ecosystem hydrodynamic interactions; Mathematical modeling; Parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; EUTROPHICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BLACK SEA; ECOSYSTEM HYDRODYNAMIC INTERACTIONS; PHOTOTROPHIC FLAGELLATES; SILICATE REMOVAL;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CALIBRATION; COUPLING; DEEP WATER; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD WEB; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL LOOP; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMINERALIZATION; TURBULENCE; ZOOPLANKTON;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 40149105666     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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