Bayesian inference for predicting ecological water quality under different climate change scenarios

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 127, Issue , 2009, Pages 173-184

  Kotta, J ^a   Aps, R ^a   Orav Kotta, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Bayesian inference; Climate change; Eutrophication; Water quality assessment

Indexed keywords

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EID: 80052772678     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/RAV090151     Document Type: Article

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