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Major biological processes in European tidal estuaries
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Dutch title: Belangrijke biologische processen in Europese getijde-estuaria
Funder identifier: MAST0024 (Other contract id)
Acronym: JEEP
Period: November 1990 till September 1993
Status: Completed

Thesaurus terms: Ecosystems; Estuaries; Hydrodynamics
Geographical terms: ANE, France, Gironde Estuary [Marine Regions]; ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde [Marine Regions]; Belgium, Zeeschelde [Marine Regions]

Institutes

Institutes (3)	Top
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more Vincx, Magda Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Laboratorium voor Ecologie en Systematiek (ECOL), more Tackx, Micky Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee; NIOZ Yerseke, more Heip, Carlo

Abstract

The objectives of this project are to study the biological
processes that influence the fate of organic matter in estuaries by:
a) comparison of the ecological structure of major European tidal estuaries. MAST funding will be used for co ordinating simultaneous field surveys in different
estuaries;
b) specific co-ordinated studies on the rates of major processes on short and medium time scales in the field in
Schelde and Gironde and in laboratory experiments;
c) building mathematical ecosystem models describing the major biological processes in the estuaries studied, which are
based on appropriate hydrodynamical models, and incorporate
the field data and results from process studies specified
in (a) and (b).

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