Development of a coupled physical-biological ecosystem model ECOSMO. Part I: Model description and validation for the North Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 79-99

  Schrum, Corinna ^a,b   Alekseeva, Irina ^c   St John, Mike ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 D ecosystem modeling; Bottom up control; Fronts; North Sea; Primary production; Secondary production

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DYNAMICS; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; PHOSPHATES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

3-D ECOSYSTEM MODELING; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; FEEDING ENVIRONMENTS; FRONTAL ZONE; FRONTS; NORTH SEA; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE GROUP; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SILICATE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 33744924468     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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