Resolving physically and biologically driven suspended particulate matter dynamics in a tidal basin with a distribution-based model

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 128-138

  Maerz, Joeran ^a   Wirtz, Kai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

coastal waters; German Wadden Sea; gradient dynamics; modelling aggregation flocculation; size distribution; suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL WATER; PARAMETERIZATION; RESUSPENSION; SETTLING VELOCITY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 67650731877     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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