Three-dimensional modeling of the lower trophic levels in the Ria de Aveiro (Portugal)

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 1274-1290

  Rodrigues, M ^a   Oliveira, A ^a   Queiroga, H ^b   Fortunato, A B ^a   Zhang, Y J ^c  

^a NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D coupled model; Channels; Coastal Lagoon; ECO SELFE; Hydrodynamics; Ria de Aveiro; Unstructured grids; Zooplankton dynamics

Indexed keywords

3D COUPLED MODEL; CHANNELS; COASTAL LAGOON; ECO-SELFE; RIA DE AVEIRO; UNSTRUCTURED GRIDS; ZOOPLANKTON DYNAMICS;

ALGAE CONTROL; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ECOSYSTEMS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; PHYTOPLANKTON;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; COASTAL LAGOON; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAGOON; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ZOOPLANKTON;

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

EID: 63549105640     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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