Modelling the contribution of deep chlorophyll maxima to annual primary production in the North Sea

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 137-152

  van Leeuwen, Sonja M ^a   van der Molen, Johan ^a   Ruardij, Piet ^b   Fernand, Liam ^a   Jickells, Tim ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep chlorophyll maxima; Modelling; North Sea; Primary production; Stratification

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EUPHOTIC ZONE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIXED LAYER; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84876207583     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-012-9704-5     Document Type: Article

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