Eelgrass re-establishment in shallow estuaries is affected by drifting macroalgae - Evaluated by agent-based modeling

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 272, Issue , 2014, Pages 116-128

  Canal Vergés, Paula ^a,b   Potthoff, Michael ^b   Hansen, Flemming Thorbjørn ^b   Holmboe, Nikolaj ^c   Rasmussen, Erik Kock ^b   Flindt, Mogens R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DHI   (Denmark)

^c Danish Ministry of Environment   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ABM; Ballistics; Light; Macroalgae bedload transport; Seagrass; Sediment stability

Indexed keywords

ABM; BED-LOAD TRANSPORT; DRIFTING MACROALGAE; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; SEAGRASSES; SEDIMENT RE SUSPENSIONS; SEDIMENT STABILITY;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; BALLISTICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ESTUARIES; LIGHT; TURBIDITY;

ALGAE;

BEDLOAD; BIOMASS; COASTAL LAGOON; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FJORD; MACROALGA; MORTALITY; RESUSPENSION; SEAGRASS; TURBIDITY;

DENMARK; FYN; ODENSE FJORD; SYDDANMARK;

EID: 84886652638     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.09.008     Document Type: Review

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