Critical Optical Depth Hypothesis for Phytoplankton Growth and Bloom. A New Graphical Approach to the Classic Sverdrup Critical Depth Model

A modification to the classic Sverdrup Critical Depth Model relating phytoplankton light-limited net growth in a mixed water column to its depth is presented by introducing optical depth in place of the physical depth of the column, as well as by the inclusion of self-shading and competition among p...

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Main Author: Wojciech Szeligiewicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego 2023-05-01
Series:Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/seb/article/view/11762