Dynamics of plankton growth in the Barents Sea: model studies. Polar Res

• Main Authors: Dag Slagstad, Kjell Stble-hansen
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1991
• Subjects: Arctic; Barents Sea; Norway; Western Entrance; Phytoplankton; Spitsbergenbanken
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1033.9553; http://www.polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/download/6736/7569/

I-D and 3-D models of plankton production in the Barents Sea are described and a few simulations presented. The I-D model has two compartments for phytoplankton (diatoms and P. pourherii). thrcc for limiting nutrients (nitrate. ammonia and silicic acid), and one compartment called "sinking phyt...