An individual-based analysis of the dynamics of two coexisting phytoplankton species in the mixed layer

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 2380-2392

  Cianelli, Daniela ^a   Sabia, Luciana ^a,c   d'Alcalà, Maurizio Ribera ^b   Zambianchi, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Individual based approach; Phytoplankton coexistence; Phytoplankton photophysiology; Turbulent mixing

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUCTUATIONS OF LIGHT; FORCINGS; INDIVIDUAL-BASED; INDIVIDUAL-BASED APPROACH; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODELS; LAGRANGIAN METHODS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON SPECIES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TIME-SCALES; TURBULENT MIXING; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER COLUMNS;

ALGAE CONTROL; BLOOMS (METAL); ECOSYSTEMS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MIXING; NUTRIENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; WATER RESOURCES;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COEXISTENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL METHOD; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TURBULENT MIXING; WATER COLUMN;

ALGAE;

EID: 68949149093     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.06.016     Document Type: Article

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