Oceanic controls on the primary production of the northwest European continental shelf: Model experiments under recent past conditions and a potential future scenario

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-117

  Holt, J ^a   Butenschon M ^b   Wakelin, S L ^a   Artioli, Y ^b   Allen, J I ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EMISSION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NITRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OPEN OCEAN; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIMESCALE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84861211709     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-97-2012     Document Type: Article

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