Implications of seasonal mixing for phytoplankton production and bloom development

Theoretical Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-129

  Peeters, F ^a   Kerimoglu, O ^a   Straile, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algal bloom; Light; Mixing; Nutrients; Phenology; Phytoplankton; Seasonal mixing

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TURBULENT MIXING; WATER COLUMN;

ALGAE;

EID: 84876448947     PISSN: 18741738     EISSN: 18741746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-012-0164-2     Document Type: Article

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