An ecosystem model for the North Pacific embedded in a general circulation model. Part I: Model description and characteristics of spatial distributions of biological variables

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-157

  Kawamiya, Michio ^a   Kishi, Michio J ^b   Suginohara, Nobuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecosystem model; GCM simulation; Net primary production; North Pacific

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033945131     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(00)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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