Influence of freshwater inflow variability on the Douro estuary primary productivity: A modelling study

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 272, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-15

  Azevedo, Isabel C ^a,b   Bordalo, Adriano A ^a,b   Duarte, Pedro ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coupled hydrodynamic biogeochemical model; Douro estuary; Freshwater flow; Primary production

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITY; FRESHWATER FLOW; PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL PROCESS; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON PRODUCTIONS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKERS; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION;

ESTUARIES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FRESHWATER INPUT; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; INFLOW; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER DISCHARGE;

DOURO ESTUARY; PORTO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84886066704     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.09.010     Document Type: Article

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