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Tidal Flat Estuaries: Simulation and Analysis of the Ems Estuary

By J. W. Baretta , P. Ruardij (auth.) , Dr. Job Baretta , Dr. Piet Ruardij (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1988
ISBN
978-3-642-73755-8, 978-3-642-73753-4
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-73753-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13172991 bytes)
Series
Ecological Studies 71
Edition
1
Pages
353\365
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Ecology; Zoology; Mathematical and Computational BgeneralHealth Sciences; Sedimentology; Earth SciencesMedicine

Description

In view of the increasing problems of waste disposal in the Netherlands, plans were made to pipeline the waste to the Ems-Dollard estuary. To evaluate the practicability a project was started with the aim to implement a simulation model of an estuary ecosystem. This model was based on the knowledge of the hydrology, geochemistry and biology of the Ems estuary. For this approach data of the abiotic and biotic environment were collected in studies of the Ems estuary and are presented in this report. With its comprehensive information of biological processes as food webs, biomass production and nutrient supply, as well as of sedimentological and flux parameters, this book can be considered as a general model of an estuary ecosystem.

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