Planktonic ecosystem models: Perplexing parameterizations and a failure to fail

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1299-1306

  Franks, Peter J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 70349969412     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbp069     Document Type: Article

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