Basin-scale performance of a locally optimized marine ecosystem model

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 335-358

  Oschlies, Andreas ^a,b   Schartau, M ^c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MODELING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

EID: 21244485345     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/0022240053693680     Document Type: Article

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