Management of nutrient emissions of Axios River catchment: Their effect in the coastal zone of Thermaikos Gulf, Greece

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 383-396

  Nikolaidis, Nikolaos P ^a   Karageorgis, Aristomenis P ^b   Kapsimalis, Vasilios ^b   Drakopoulou, Paraskevi ^b   Skoulikidis, Nikolaos ^b   Behrendt, Horst ^c   Levkov, Zlatko ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^d SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Axios River watershed; Coastal zone modelling; Emission modelling; Impacts; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BOSONS; CATCHMENTS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZERS; FUNCTIONS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PORPHYRINS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; SOAPS (DETERGENTS); SOIL CONSERVATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATERSHEDS;

AXIOS RIVER WATERSHED; EMISSION MODELLING; FERTILIZER PLANTS; IMPACTS; INPUT DATUMS; MESOTROPHIC; MODEL SIMULATIONS; MONERIS; NUTRIENT EMISSIONS; NUTRIENT FLUXES; NUTRIENT LOADS; ORGANIC NITROGENS; POINT SOURCES; RIVER BASINS; RIVER CATCHMENTS; TEMPORAL RESPONSES; TROPHIC STATUSES; URBAN WASTES; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER QUALITY DATUMS; WATERSHED MANAGEMENTS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CATCHMENT; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONE; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZER; LAND USE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; THERMAIKOS GULF;

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 58149485136     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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