Effects of pelagic food-web interactions and nutrient remineralization on the biogeochemical cycling of carbon: A modeling approach

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 637-662

  Tian, R C ^a,b   Vezina A ^a   Legendre, L ^b   Ingram, R G ^c   Klein, B ^b   Packard, T ^a   Roy, S ^d   Savenkoff, C ^a   Silverberg, N ^a   Therriault, J C ^a   Tremblay, J E ^b  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; FOOD WEB; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINERALIZATION; MODEL; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD WEB; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 0034174507     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00121-6     Document Type: Article

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