Modeling the temperature-nitrate relationship in the coastal upwelling domain of the California Current

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3223-3239

  Palacios, Daniel M ^a,b   Hazen, Elliott L ^a,b   Schroeder, Isaac D ^a,b   Bograd, Steven J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

California current system; generalized additive models (GAMs); nutrient supply in upwelling ecosystems; oxygen nitrate relationship; residual analysis; temperature nitrate relationship

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN SUPPLY;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT SYSTEMS; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; OXYGEN-NITRATE RELATIONSHIP; RESIDUAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE-NITRATE RELATIONSHIP;

NITRATES;

BOUNDARY CURRENT; COASTAL ZONE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; EUPHOTIC ZONE; MACROALGA; OXYGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UPWELLING;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84885120816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20216     Document Type: Article

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