A simple Lagrangian model to simulate temporal variability of algae in the Elbe River

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 2173-2186

  Scharfe, Mirco ^a   Callies, Ulrich ^a   Blöcker, Gerd ^a   Petersen, Wilhelm ^a   Schroeder, Friedhelm ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algae dynamics; Elbe River; Physical forcing; Process interaction; Silica limitation

Indexed keywords

ALGAL GROWTH; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; ELBE RIVER; GERMANY; GLOBAL MODELS; GLOBAL RADIATION; LAGRANGIAN MODELS; LIGHT CONDITIONS; LOSS RATES; MODEL FAILURE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PHYSICAL FORCING; PROCESS INTERACTION; RECALIBRATIONS; SIMPLE MODEL; TEMPERATURE THRESHOLDS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WATER DISCHARGES; WATER TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; RIVERS; TIME SERIES;

SILICA;

ALGA; CALIBRATION; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SILICA; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ELBE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ALGAE;

EID: 68349125293     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.04.048     Document Type: Article

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