The stability of an NPZ model subject to realistic levels of vertical mixing

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-60

  Edwards, Christopher A ^a,b   Powell, Thomas A ^a   Batchelder, Harold P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; VERTICAL MIXING; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 0034124931     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224000321511197     Document Type: Article

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