Importance of ocean circulation in ecological modeling: An example from the North Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 289-300

  Skogen, Morten D ^a   Moll, Andreas ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological model; North Sea; Primary production

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ECOLOGICAL MODEL; NORTH SEA; OCEAN CIRCULATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

EID: 24944570459     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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