A simple biogeochemical model for estuaries with high sediment loads: Application to the Guadalquivir River (SW Iberia)

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 265, Issue , 2013, Pages 194-206

  Ruiz, J ^a   Macias D ^b   Losada, M A ^c   Diez Minguito M ^c   Prieto, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycles; Estuarine systems; Iberia; Light limitation; North Atlantic; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; IBERIA; LIGHT-LIMITATION; NORTH-ATLANTIC;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS;

ESTUARIES;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DEPOSITION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ANDALUCIA; GUADALQUIVIR RIVER; SPAIN;

EID: 84880590076     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.06.012     Document Type: Article

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