Modeling iron limitation of primary production in the coastal Gulf of Alaska

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 2503-2519

  Fiechter, Jerome ^a   Moore, Andrew M ^a   Edwards, Christopher A ^a   Bruland, Kenneth W ^a   Di Lorenzo, Emanuele ^b   Lewis, Craig V W ^c   Powell, Thomas M ^d   Curchitser, Enrique N ^e   Hedstrom, Kate ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Arctic Region Supercomputing Center   (United States)

Author keywords

142 162 deg.W; 50 62 deg.N; Alaska; Ecosystems; Iron; Limiting factors; Models; Northwestern coastal Gulf; Phytoplankton; USA; Variability

Indexed keywords

142-162 DEG.W; ALASKA; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; COASTAL OCEAN; DATA CORRELATIONS; DISSOLVED IRON; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; ECOSYSTEM VARIABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; GROWTH CONDITIONS; GULF OF ALASKA; INTERANNUAL; IRON AVAILABILITY; IRON-LIMITATION; LIMITING FACTORS; LONG TERM SIMULATION; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; NITRATE UPTAKE; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SPRING BLOOMS; TRANSITION ZONES; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ALGAE CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ENGINEERING; DISSOLUTION; IRON COMPOUNDS; NITRATES; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; SIMULATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; IRON; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITRATE (INORGANIC SALT); NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SHELF BREAK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 71749091820     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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