Plankton cycles disguised by turbulent advection

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-6

  Koszalka, I ^a,b   Bracco, A ^c,d   Pasquero, C ^e   Provenzale, A ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advection of biological tracers; Aquatic ecosystems; Mesoscale turbulence; Plankton dynamics; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADVECTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANKTON; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TURBULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 34249951979     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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