Assessment of spatial distribution of submerged vegetation in the Orbetello lagoon by means of a mathematical model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1484-1493

  Giusti, Elisabetta ^a   Marsili Libelli, Stefano ^a   Renzi, Monia ^b   Focardi, Silvano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lagoon ecosystems; Macroalgae; Mathematical modelling; Phanerogams

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STATIONS; COASTAL LAGOONS; COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM; CRITICAL AREA; DOMINANT FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; LAGOON ECOLOGY; MACRO-ALGAE; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MODEL PREDICTION; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; SEAGRASSES; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC; SEDIMENT SAMPLING; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WATER CIRCULATION; WATER COLUMNS; WATER CURRENTS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; FUNCTIONS; LAKES; OXYGENATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COASTAL LAGOON; COEXISTENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUTROPHICATION; MACROALGA; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

GROSSETO [TUSCANY]; ITALY; ORBETELLO LAGOON; TUSCANY;

EID: 77952111286     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.02.019     Document Type: Article

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