An Ecological Model of the Lower Marine Trophic Levels on the Continental Shelf off West Florida.
Abstract
A simulation model of the flow of the biologically limiting nutrient through the lower trophic levels (phytoplankton, zooplankton, pelagic fish, detritus), and limiting nutrient dissolved in the water column of a marine ecosystem over a continental shelf is presented. Interrelated processes of this time dependent, spatial, nonlinear, physical-chemical-biological model include advection, diffusion, several biotic and abiotic environmental conditions, and numerous biological processes. The maximum rate of nutrient uptake by phytoplankton, Vm, is found to be a fundamental time scale to which both physical and biological processes can be related. (Modified author abstract)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0761210
Entities
People
- J. S. Wroblewski
- James J. O'brien
Organizations
- Florida State University