Coupling early-diagenesis and pelagic biogeochemical models for estimating the seasonal variability of N and P fluxes at the sediment-water interface: Application to the northwestern Adriatic coastal zone

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 239-255

  Brigolin, Daniele ^a   Lovato, Tomas ^a   Rubino, Angelo ^a   Pastres, Roberto ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Benthic pelagic coupling; Biogeochemical model; Early diagenesis model; KB RTM; N and P fluxes

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC SEA; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODEL; EARLY DIAGENESIS; KB-RTM; N AND P FLUXES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; INTEGRATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AQUACULTURE; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL ZONE; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MINERALIZATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESEARCH WORK; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 79955960143     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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