Effects of advective processes on planktonic distributions in the Kuroshio region using a 3-D lower trophic model and a data assimilative OGCM

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 202, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 105-119

  Komatsu, Kosei ^a   Matsukawa, Yasuo ^b   Nakata, Kaoru ^c   Ichikawa, Tadafumi ^a   Sasaki, Katsuyuki ^b  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Fisheries Research Agency ^*  (Japan)

^c JAPAN FISHERIES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Advective process; Data assimilated OGCM; KUROSHIO frontal region; NEMURO; Size dependent variation; Three dimensional lower trophic model

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DATA REDUCTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE BIOLOGY;

ADVECTIVE PROCESSES; DATA ASSIMILATED OGCM; KUROSHIO FRONTAL REGION; SIZE DEPENDENT VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL LOWER TROPIC MODEL;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ADVECTION; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; CIRCULATION MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GROWTH RESPONSE; PLANKTON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPHIC LEVEL;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; KUROSHIO REGION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33847061668     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.08.023     Document Type: Article

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