Sensitivity of euphotic zone properties to CDOM variations in marine ecosystem models

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 256, Issue , 2013, Pages 16-22

  Urtizberea, Agurtzane ^a,b   Dupont, Nicolas ^a,c   Rosland, Rune ^a   Aksnes, Dag L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

CDOM; Ecosystem model; Euphotic zone; Eutrophication; Light attenuation; Nutricline depth

Indexed keywords

CDOM; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; EUPHOTIC ZONE; LIGHT ATTENUATION; NUTRICLINE;

ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; EUTROPHICATION; LIGHT; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EUPHOTIC ZONE; EUTROPHICATION; LIGHT ATTENUATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 84875340704     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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