Phytoplankton size classes competitions at sub-mesoscale in a frontal oceanic region

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 345-364

  Rivière, Pascal ^a   Pondaven, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE;

FINE SCALE DYNAMICS; FRONTAL DYNAMICS; FRONTAL OCEANIC REGION; GRAZING PRESSURE;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DETRITUS; EDDY; GRAZING PRESSURE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OCEANIC CURRENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION SIZE; SIMULATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBULENCE;

EID: 33747591909     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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