Advective controls on primary production in the stratified western Irish Sea: An eddy-resolving model study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Holt, Jason T ^a   Proctor, Roger ^a   Blackford, Jerry C ^b   Allen, J Icarus ^b   Ashworth, Mike ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advective processes; Couple hydrodynamic ecosystem models; Shelf sea ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OCEANIC CURRENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STRATIFIED FLUID; THERMOCLINE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA;

EID: 3542999883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC001951     Document Type: Article

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