Analysis of annual fluctuations of C. nodosa in the Venice lagoon: Modeling approach

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 134-144

  Zharova, Nadezhda ^a   Sfriso, Adriano ^a   Pavoni, Bruno ^a   Voinov, Alexey ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Annual cycle; Cymodocea nodosa; Limitation factors; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; MODAL ANALYSIS; MODELS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CHEMICAL; DATA SETS; ELSEVIER (CO); EXTERNAL FORCING; FACTORS CONTROLLING; GROWTH TRENDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE (HT); INTERNAL CONTROLS; LIGHT ATTENUATION; MODELING APPROACHES; MODELING RESULTS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PLANT DENSITIES; SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS; SHOOT DENSITY; SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS; SIMULATION MODELLING; VENICE LAGOONS; WATER TEMPERATURES;

ECOLOGY;

ANGIOSPERM; ANNUAL CYCLE; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; LAGOON; LIMITING FACTOR; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SHOOT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

CYMODOCEA NODOSA;

EID: 47249104608     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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