Ecosystem dynamics and export production in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific: A modeling study of impact of ENSO

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Wang, Xiujun ^a   Christian, James R ^a,b   Murtugudde, Ragu ^a   Busalacchi, Antonio J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; IRON; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL RESPONSES; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; IRON STRESS; PHYTOPLANKTONS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); WORLD;

EID: 16344387748     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021538     Document Type: Article

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