An ecosystem model of the global ocean including Fe, Si, P colimitations

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Aumont, Olivier ^a   Maier Reimer, Ernst ^b   Blain, Stéphane ^c   Monfray, P ^d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Coliminations; Ecosystem; Global scale; Models; Ocean

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GLOBAL OCEAN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0043240772     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001gb001745     Document Type: Article

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