A simulation study of the growth of benthic microalgae following the decline of a surface phytoplankton bloom

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 23, Issue 14-15, 2003, Pages 1265-1283

  Darrow, Brian P ^a   Walsh, John J ^a   Vargo, Gabriel A ^a   Masserini Jr , Robert T ^a   Fanning, Kent A ^a   Zhang, Jia Zhong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal Blooms; Biogeochemical Cycle; Gulf of Mexico; Marine Ecology; Modelling; Phytobenthos; West Florida shelf

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYTOBENTHOS;

GULF OF MEXICO; WEST FLORIDA SHELF;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0141906408     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(03)00130-4     Document Type: Article

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