Regional ecosystem dynamics in the ACC: Simulations with a three-dimensional ocean-plankton model

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 31-51

  Hense, Inga ^a,b   Timmermann, Ralph ^a,c   Beckmann, Aike ^a   Bathmann, Ulrich V ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antarctic Polar Front; Iron limitation; Ocean plankton model; Phytoplankton distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; OCEAN STRUCTURES;

OCEAN-PLANKTON MODEL;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; IRON; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ANTARCTIC POLAR FRONT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0042787840     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(03)00063-0     Document Type: Article

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