Coupling and comparing a spatially- and temporally-detailed eutrophication model with an ecosystem network model: An initial application to Chesapeake Bay

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 562-572

  Cerco, Carl F ^a   Tillman, Dorothy ^a   Hagy, James D ^b  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic menhaden; CE QUAL ICM; Chesapeake Bay; Ecopath; Eutrophication; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

CE-QUAL-ICM; CHESAPEAKE BAY; COASTAL WATERS; ECOPATH; EUTROPHICATION MODEL; EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION; FISHERIES MANAGEMENT; FISHERIES MODELS; FOOD WEBS; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; MODEL FORMULATION; NETWORK MODELS; NUTRIENT RECYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ALGAE CONTROL; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FISHERIES; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EUTROPHICATION;

ALGORITHM; BIOMASS; COASTAL WATER; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EUTROPHICATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMEDIATION; SOFTWARE;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS;

EID: 72549107063     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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