Impact of the river nutrient load variability on the North Aegean ecosystem functioning over the last decades

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 97-109

  Tsiaras, K P ^a   Petihakis, G ^a   Kourafalou, V H ^b   Triantafyllou, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Food webs; Modelling; Nutrients; Rivers outflow; Variability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL ZONE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICATE; SIMULATION;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84890092656     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

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