Modelling the ecological patterns of a temperate lagoon in a very wet spring season

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2302-2322

  Lopes, José Fortes ^a   Almeida, M A ^a   Cunha, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Ecological model; Lagoon; Primary production; Ria de Aveiro

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; ECOLOGICAL MODELS; LAGOON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIA DE AVEIRO;

ALGAE CONTROL; BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

LAKES;

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COASTAL LAGOON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; MACROALGA; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; RUNOFF; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIDAL CURRENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO;

ALGAE;

EID: 77955770252     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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