Assessment of the effects of a port expansion on algae appearance in a costal bay through mathematical modelling. Application to San Lorenzo Bay (North Spain)

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1413-1426

  García, Andrés ^a   Sámano, María Luisa ^a   Juanes, José A ^a   Medina, Raúl ^a   Revilla, José A ^a   Álvarez, César ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drift algae; Eutrophication; Numerical modelling; Phytoplankton; Port expansion; San Lorenzo Bay

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION DIFFUSION EQUATION; BAY AREAS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL AREA; CONSERVATIVE TRACERS; DRIFT ALGAE; EUTROPHICATION MODEL; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD SURVEYS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; MARINE CURRENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL RESULTS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; OBSERVED DATA; PORT EXPANSION; SEA BED; SUBTIDAL ZONE; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

ADVECTION; ALGAE CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; EXPANSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; PORTS AND HARBORS; SEAWEED; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EUTROPHICATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL CURRENT; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORT DEVELOPMENT; SEAWEED; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ASTURIAS; SAN LORENZO BAY; SPAIN;

ALGAE;

EID: 77949915707     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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