The relevance of deep chlorophyll maximum in the open Mediterranean Sea evaluated through 3D hydrodynamic-biogeochemical coupled simulations

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 281, Issue , 2014, Pages 26-37

  Macías, Diego ^a   Stips, Adolf ^a   Garcia Gorriz, Elisa ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep chlorophyll maximum; Mediterranean Sea; Numerical hydrodynamic biogeochemical modeling; Primary production level

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; DEEP CHLOROPHYLL MAXIMUMS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CHLOROPHYLL;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; OCEAN BASIN; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIMULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84897834091     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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