Sensitivity of plankton biomass and productivity to variations in physical forcing and biological parameters in Chesapeake Bay

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 667-700

  Li, Ming ^a   Zhong, Liejun ^a   Harding Jr , Lawrence W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WIND FORCING;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; SUSQUEHANNA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953522113     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224009791218878     Document Type: Article

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