Computer simulation of phytoplankton and nutrient dynamics in an enclosed marine ecosystem

This thesis presents a quantitative model of interactions among phytoplankton, nutrients, bacteria and grazers in an enclosed marine ecosystem. The enclosed system was a 23 m deep, 9.6 m diameter column of surface water in Saanich Inlet, British Columbia. Dynamics of large- and small-celled diatoms...

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Main Author: Carruthers, Alan Boyd
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/22395