Hydrodynamic-ecological model analyses of the water quality of Lake Manzala nile delta, northern Egypt

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 622, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 195-220

  Rasmussen, E Kock ^a   Svenstrup Petersen, O ^a   Thompson, J R ^b   Flower, R J ^b   Ahmed, M H ^c  

^a DHI   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Marine Science Dept   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Ecosystem model; Eutrophication; Lagoons; Lake Manzala; Mass balance modelling; North Africa

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DAMS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; LAND RECLAMATION; NUTRIENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TURBIDITY; VEGETATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ECOSYSTEM MODEL; LAGOONS; LAKE MANZALA; MASS-BALANCE MODELLING; NORTH AFRICA;

LAKE POLLUTION;

ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKE WATER; MASS BALANCE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; EGYPT; LAKE MANZALA; NILE DELTA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 59449103084     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9683-7     Document Type: Article

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