Relevance of various formulations of phytoplankton chlorophyll a:carbon ratio in a 3D marine ecosystem model

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 329, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 813-822

  Faure, Vincent ^a,b   Pinazo, Christel ^a   Torréton, Jean Pascal ^b   Douillet, Pascal ^b  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

3D hydrodynamical biogeochemical modelling; Chlorophyll:carbon ratio; Lagoon; New Caledonia

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL A; NITROGEN;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL A; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; LAGOON; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAGOON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEW CALEDONIA; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33749434968     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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