Impacts of biological parameterization, initial conditions, and environmental forcing on parameter sensitivity and uncertainty in a marine ecosystem model for the Bering Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 214-231

  Gibson, G A ^a   Spitz, Y H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bering Sea; Food Webs; Marine ecology; Modelling; Planktonology; Sensitivity Analysis; Trophic relationships

Indexed keywords

BERING SEA; FOOD WEBS; MARINE ECOLOGY; MODELLING; PLANKTONOLOGY; TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS;

CLIMATE MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COEXISTENCE; FOOD WEB; LIGHT ATTENUATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NITRATE; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79960438928     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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