An emergent community ecosystem model applied to the California Current System

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 83, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 221-241

  Goebel, Nicole L ^a   Edwards, Christopher A ^a   Zehr, Jonathan P ^a   Follows, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

California Current System; Ecosystem; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; AVERAGED MODELS; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; CALIFORNIA CURRENT SYSTEMS; CIRCULATION MODELS; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MODELING; MULTIPLE NUTRIENTS; NEARSHORES; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; PRIMARY PRODUCERS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; RANDOM SELECTION; REALISTIC SIMULATION; REGIONAL OCEAN MODELING SYSTEM; SELF-ORGANIZED; SUBSURFACE FEATURES; TOTAL BIOMASS;

ALGAE CONTROL; BIOLOGY; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LAKES; OCEAN HABITATS; PLATINUM; PORPHYRINS; SILICATES;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; CHLOROPHYLL; CIRCULATION MODELING; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SILICATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TIME SERIES;

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; POINT CONCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 77958153838     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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