Analysis of the spatial evolution of the 2003 algal bloom in the Voordelta (North Sea)

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-204

  van der Woerd, Hendrik Jan ^a   Blauw, Anouk ^b,c   Peperzak, Louis ^a   Pasterkamp, Reinold ^a   Peters, Steef ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Algal Blooms; GEM; North Sea; Phaeocystis; Satellite Observations

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ALGORITHM; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; CHLOROPHYLL; COAST; COASTAL WATER; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MERIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHELLFISH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

NETHERLANDS; OOSTERSCHELDE; SOUTH HOLLAND; VOORDELTA; ZEELAND;

ALGAE; PHAEOCYSTIS;

EID: 79951946368     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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