A simple plankton model for the Oregon upwelling ecosystem: Sensitivity and validation against time-series ocean data

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1222-1235

  Ruzicka, James J ^a   Wainwright, Thomas C ^b   Peterson, William T ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Northern California Current; Oregon; Parameter; Plankton model; Retention mechanism; Sensitivity; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; OREGON; PARAMETER; PLANKTON MODEL; RETENTION MECHANISM; SENSITIVITY; UPWELLING;

ALGAE CONTROL; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; PHYTOPLANKTON;

DYNAMICS;

BIOMASS; DIATOM; EKMAN TRANSPORT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; TIME SERIES; UPWELLING; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COPEPODA;

EID: 79951723131     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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