The significance of phytoplankton photo-adaptation and benthic-pelagic coupling to primary production in the South China Sea: Observations and numerical investigations

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 14-15, 2007, Pages 1546-1574

  Liu, Kon Kee ^a   Chen, Ying Jie ^b   Tseng, Chun Mao ^b   Lin, I I ^c   Liu, Hong Bin ^d   Snidvongs, Anond ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^e CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical; Denitrification; Gulf of Thailand; Nutrient regeneration; SEATS; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHLOROPHYLL; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; GULF OF THAILAND; INTEGRATED PRIMARY PRODUCTION (IPP); PHOTO-ADAPTATION; SUBSURFACE CHLOROPHYLL MAXIMUM (SCM);

OCEAN HABITATS;

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; CHLOROPHYLL; DENITRIFICATION; LIGHT EFFECT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; GULF OF THAILAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 34548502724     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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