A coupled physical-biological model of the Northern Gulf of Mexico shelf: Model description, validation and analysis of phytoplankton variability

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1881-1899

  Fennel, K ^a   Hetland, R ^b   Feng, Y ^b   Dimarco, S ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CORRELATION; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; HYPOXIA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER PLUME; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

ATCHAFALAYA RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952370713     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-1881-2011     Document Type: Article

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