Nutrient dynamics and phytoplankton development along an estuary-coastal zone continuum: A model study

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 49-66

  Arndt, Sandra ^a   Lacroix, Geneviève ^b   Gypens, Nathalie ^c   Regnier, Pierre ^a,c   Lancelot, Christiane ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Estuarine filter; Land ocean continuum; Nutrient cycling; Phytoplankton bloom; Reactive transport model; Scheldt

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE FILTER; LAND-OCEAN CONTINUUM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; SCHELDT; TRANSPORT MODELS;

ALGAE CONTROL; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BLOOMS (METAL); COASTAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; MODELS; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TIME SERIES;

COASTAL ZONES;

ALGAL BLOOM; CARBON FLUX; COASTAL ZONE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIATOM; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FILTRATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESOLUTION; SALINITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND STRESS;

BELGIUM; NETHERLANDS;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 78649711226     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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