Carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and sulfide budgets in the Black Sea: A biogeochemical model of the whole water column coupling the oxic and anoxic parts

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2287-2301

  Gregoire M ^a   Soetaert, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anoxic waters; Biogeochemical cycles; Black Sea; Mathematical model

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; AIR-SEA EXCHANGE; ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION; ANAMMOX; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ANOXIC ENVIRONMENT; ANOXIC LAYERS; ANOXIC WATER; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BLACK SEA; BLACK SEA WATERS; COMMUNITY RESPIRATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPORT FLUX; FOOD WEBS; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; LONG TIME SERIES; LOW OXYGEN CONDITIONS; ME-XICO; METAL SULFIDES; MODEL ESTIMATES; MODEL ESTIMATION; NET COMMUNITY PRODUCTIONS; NITRATE REDUCTION; NITROGEN BUDGETS; OXYGEN DEFICIENT; OXYGEN DYNAMICS; PARTICLE FLUXES; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; POWER FUNCTIONS; REMINERALIZATION; SEDIMENTS AND WATERS; SULFATE REDUCTION; SULFIDE FORMATION; SULFIDE OXIDATION; UPPER LAYER; WATER COLUMNS;

AGGLOMERATION; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BUDGET CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; ESTIMATION; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REDOX REACTIONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR DETERMINATION; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON; CARNIVORE; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; DETRITUS; FOOD WEB; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDANT; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REDOX CONDITIONS; REMINERALIZATION; RESPIRATION; SEDIMENT; SULFUR COMPOUND; WATER COLUMN;

BLACK SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77955845987     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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