Towards a verified mechanistic model of plankton population dynamics

Plankton are a signicant component of the biogeochemical cycles that impact on the global climate. Plankton ecosystems constitute around 40 % of the annual global primary productivity, and the sinking of plankton to the deep ocean (the so-called biological pump) is the largest permanent loss of carb...

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Main Author: Baird, Mark E.
Published: University of Warwick 1999
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.343151