Seasonal and interannual variability of primary and export production in the South China Sea: A three-dimensional physical-biogeochemical model study

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 420-431

  Liu, Guimei ^a,b   Chai, Fei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Export flux; Modelling; Primary and new production; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; EXPORT; GRAZING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 59849128646     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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