Diel vertical migration: Ecological controls and impacts on the biological pump in a one-dimensional ocean model

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 478-491

  Bianchi, Daniele ^a,c   Stock, Charles ^b   Galbraith, Eric D ^c   Sarmiento, Jorge L ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

diel vertical migration; ecosystem model; ocean biogeochemistry; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; DIGITAL VOLTMETERS; ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL DYNAMICS; DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATIONS; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT; METABOLIC PROCESS; MIGRATION DYNAMICS; OCEAN BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ZOOPLANKTON;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; BIOME; DIEL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EXCRETION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LIGHT INTENSITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICRONEKTON; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDATION; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84881094196     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gbc.20031     Document Type: Article

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