Progress and Challenges in Coupled Hydrodynamic-Ecological Estuarine Modeling

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 311-332

  Ganju, Neil K ^a   Brush, Mark J ^b   Rashleigh, Brenda ^c   Aretxabaleta, Alfredo L ^a   del Barrio, Pilar ^d   Grear, Jason S ^c   Harris, Lora A ^e   Lake, Samuel J ^b   McCardell, Grant ^f   O’Donnell, James ^f   Ralston, David K ^g   Signell, Richard P ^a   Testa, Jeremy M ^e   Vaudrey, Jamie M P ^f  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^g WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological modeling; Ecosystem modeling; Hydrodynamics; Numerical modeling; Skill assessment

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPLEXITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; HABITAT LOSS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84957440138     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-015-0011-y     Document Type: Review

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