Simulation of annual biogeochemical cycles of nutrient balance, phytoplankton bloom(s), and DO in Puget Sound using an unstructured grid model

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1353-1379

  Khangaonkar, Tarang ^a   Sackmann, Brandon ^b   Long, Wen ^a   Mohamedali, Teizeen ^b   Roberts, Mindy ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D hydrodynamic model; Algae; Biogeochemical model; CE QUAL ICM; Dissolved oxygen; Fjords; FVCOM; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Puget sound; Salish sea; Unstructured grid

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; CE-QUAL-ICM; FJORDS; FVCOM; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; PUGET SOUND; SALISH SEA; UNSTRUCTURED GRID;

ALGAE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EUTROPHICATION; HEALTH RISKS; MIXING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER POLLUTION; SUN; WATER QUALITY;

NUTRIENTS;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOACTIVITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EUTROPHICATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPOXIA; MARINE POLLUTION; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER POLLUTION; SUCCESSION;

JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PUGET SOUND; SALISH SEA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ALGAE;

EID: 84871029772     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-012-0562-4     Document Type: Article

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