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Modelling of Phytoplankton Population Dynamics in an Enclosed Water Column

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Valerie Andersen
Affiliation:
Station Zoologique, CEROV, BP 28, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Paul Nival
Affiliation:
Station Zoologique, CEROV, BP 28, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France

Extract

To understand the working of the marine pelagic ecosystem one needs to study the logical frame of the complex food web. This study is much easier in an enclosed water column than in the open sea where biological interactions are often concealed by physical events.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1989

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