ERSEM 15.06: A generic model for marine biogeochemistry and the ecosystem dynamics of the lower trophic levels

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1293-1339

  Butenschön, Momme ^a   Clark, James ^a   Aldridge, John N ^b   Icarus Allen, Julian ^a,c   Artioli, Yuri ^a   Blackford, Jeremy ^a   Bruggeman, Jorn ^a   Cazenave, Pierre ^a   Ciavatta, Stefano ^a,c   Kay, Susan ^a   Lessin, Gennadi ^a   Van Leeuwen, Sonja ^b   Van Der Molen, Johan ^b   De Mora, Lee ^a   Polimene, Luca ^a   Sailley, Sevrine ^a   Stephens, Nicholas ^a   Torres, Ricardo ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCIFICATION; CARBONATE SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD WEB; IN SITU TEST; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MESOCOSM; MODEL VALIDATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84964253496     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-9-1293-2016     Document Type: Article

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