Modelling the timing and duration of dormancy in populations of Calanus finmarchicus from the Northwest Atlantic shelf

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-54

  Maps, Frédéric ^a,b   Runge, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Leising, Andrew ^c   Pershing, Andrew J ^a,b   Record, Nicholas R ^a,b   Plourde, Stéphane ^d   Pierson, James J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic; Calanus; dormancy; genetic algorithm; Gulf of Maine; Gulf of St. Lawrence; individual based modelling; lipid accumulation window; numerical modelling; pattern oriented modelling

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DORMANCY; GENETIC ALGORITHM; LIPID; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SEASONALITY; TIME SERIES; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

EID: 84055199921     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbr088     Document Type: Article

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