Modeling phytoplankton production: Problems with the Eppley curve and an empirical alternative

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 238, Issue , 2002, Pages 31-45

  Brush, Mark J ^a   Brawley, John W ^a   Nixon, Scott W ^a   Kremer, James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem model; Empirical model; Phytoplankton; Primary production

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037047724     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps238031     Document Type: Article

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