Three-dimensional model for analysis of spatial and temporal patterns of phytoplankton in Tucuruí reservoir, Pará, Brazil

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 253, Issue , 2013, Pages 28-43

  Deus, Ricardo ^a,b   Brito, David ^b   Kenov, Isabella Ascione ^b   Lima, Marcelo ^c   Costa, Vanessa ^c   Medeiros, Adaelson ^c   Neves, Ramiro ^b   Alves, C N ^a  

^a University Estadual of Pará   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Management; Modeling; MOHID; Reservoir eutrophication; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGAL BLOOMS; CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLOUD COVER; COMPUTER MODELING; FIELD DATA; FORCINGS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; KEY FACTORS; MANAGEMENT POLICY; MODELING RESULTS; MOHID; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; PROCESS-ORIENTED MODELING; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER FLOWS; WATER QUALITY MODELS;

CHLOROPHYLL; EUTROPHICATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; MANAGEMENT; MODELS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RAIN; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER QUALITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGAL BLOOM; AMMONIA; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLOUD COVER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL]; TUCURUI LAKE;

EID: 84873965505     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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