What controls biological production in coastal upwelling systems? Insights from a comparative modeling study

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2961-2976

  Lachkar, Z ^a   Gruber, N ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL CIRCULATION; COASTAL CURRENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETRITUS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT EFFECT; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESIDENCE TIME; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WIND VELOCITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; CANARY CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 80054950244     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-2961-2011     Document Type: Article

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