Beneath the surface: Characteristics of oceanic ecosystems under weak mixing conditions - A theoretical investigation

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 771-796

  Beckmann, Aike ^a   Hense, Inga ^a,b  

^a AIONATEM   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community compensation depth; Deep chlorophyll maximum; Detritus sinking; Ensemble simulations; Nutricline; Primary production; Remineralization; Stratified ocean; Vertical mixing

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

COMMUNITY COMPENSATION DEPTH; DEEP CHLOROPHYLL MAXIMUM; DETRITUS SINKING; ENSEMBLE SIMULATIONS; NUTRICLINE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMINERALIZATION; STRATIFIED OCEAN; VERTICAL MIXING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; GRAZING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMINERALIZATION; VERTICAL MIXING;

EID: 36549045052     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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