A size-based ecosystem model for pelagic waters

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-72

  Gin, Karina Y H ^a   Guo, Jinghui ^a   Cheong, Hin Fatt ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Modelling; Plankton dynamics; Size spectra

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PLANKTON; SIZE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032190862     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(98)00126-4     Document Type: Article

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