A process-oriented model study of equatorial Pacific phytoplankton: The role of iron supply and tropical instability waves

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-162

  Vichi, M ^a,b   Masina, S ^a,b   Nencioli, F ^c  

^a CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca per le Scienze Ambientali   (Italy)

Author keywords

BFM; Biogeochemical model; Equatorial pacific; Iron; PELAGOS; Tropical instability waves

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; ALGAE CONTROL; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; MODULATION; PEST CONTROL; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PHYTOPLANKTON; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WATER WAVES; WAVES;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL (CO); EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EASTERN PACIFIC (EP); ELSEVIER (CO); EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EQUATORIAL UNDERCURRENT (EUC); EUPHOTIC ZONES; IRON AVAILABILITY; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION (LSC); LOCAL MAXIMUM; LOCAL PRODUCTION; MODEL STUDIES; NUTRICLINE; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; PROCESS-ORIENTED; TROPICAL INSTABILITY WAVES;

IRON;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; GROWTH; INSTABILITY; IRON; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; WAVE;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; NEW GUINEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 47049122435     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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