Modelling the temperature and the phytoplankton distributions at the Aveiro near coastal zone, Portugal

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 940-961

  Lopes, José Fortes ^a   Cardoso, Ana Cristina ^a   Moita, Maria Teresa ^b   Rocha, Alfredo C ^a   Ferreira, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aveiro coast; Modelling; Phytoplankton; Portugal; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MICA; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICATE MINERALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AVEIRO COAST; CHLOROPHYLL-A; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; ECOLOGICAL MODELS; MODELLING; NUTRICLINE; NUTRIENTS AVAILABILITIES; PHD THESIS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOMS; PHYTOPLANKTON DISTRIBUTIONS; PORTUGAL; PORTUGUESE COASTS; SIMULATION RESULTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS; UPWELLING; UPWELLING SYSTEMS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

COASTAL ZONES;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UPWELLING;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE;

EID: 61649117808     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.11.024     Document Type: Article

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