title: [Aquatic ecosystem modelling approach: temperature and water quality models applied to Oualidia and Nador lagoons].
abstract: The objective of this work is to develop an aquatic ecosystem and apply it on Moroccan lagoon systems. This model will keep us abreast of the yearly development of the main parameters that characterize these ecosystems while integrating all the data that have so far been acquired. Within this framework, a simulation model of the thermal system and a model of the water quality have been elaborated. These models, which have been simulated on the lagoon of Oualidia (North of Morocco) and validated on the lagoon of Nador (North West Mediterranean), permit to foresee the cycles of temperature of the surface and the parameters of the water quality (dissolved oxygen and biomass phytoplankton) by using meteorological information, specific features and in situ measurements in the studied sites. The elaborated model, called Zero-Dimensional, simulates the average conduct of the site during the time of variable states that are representatives of the studied ecosystem. This model will provide answers for the studied phenomena and is a work tool adequate for numerical simplicity.
authors.affiliation: lnstitut National de Recherche Halieutique (INRH)- 02, rue Tiznit, Casablanca (01), Morocco.
authors.forename: J Lakhdar
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Idrissi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orbi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hilmi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zidane
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moncef
mesh_terms: D017753:Ecosystem; D008685:Meteorological Concepts; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009018:Morocco; D011786:Quality Control; D013696:Temperature; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry; D014881:Water Supply / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D014867:Water