Modelling the phytoplankton dynamics in a nutrient-rich solar saltern pond: Predicting the impact of restoration and climate change

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 9057-9065

  Khemakhem, Hajer ^a   Elloumi, Jannet ^a   Ayadi, Habib ^a   Aleya, Lotfi ^b   Moussa, Mahmoud ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Ecological modelling; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Primary production; Solar saltern

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ASSIMILATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GROWTH RATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; SOLAR POWER;

SFAX [TUNISIA]; TUNISIA;

EID: 84891129844     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1936-y     Document Type: Article

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