Modeled phytoplankton diversity and productivity in the California Current System
We explore the phytoplankton community structure and the relationship between phytoplankton diversity and productivity produced by a self-emergent ecosystem model that represents a large number of phytoplankton type and is coupled to a circulation model of the California Current System. Biomass of e...
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| author | Follows, Michael J |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences |
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| description | We explore the phytoplankton community structure and the relationship between phytoplankton diversity and productivity produced by a self-emergent ecosystem model that represents a large number of phytoplankton type and is coupled to a circulation model of the California Current System. Biomass of each modeled phytoplankton type, when averaged over the uppermost model level and for 5-years, spans 7 orders of magnitude; 13 phytoplankton types contribute to the top 99.9% of community biomass, defining modeled species richness. Instantaneously, modeled species richness ranges between 1 and 17 while the Shannon index reaches values of 2.3. Diversity versus primary productivity shows large scatter with low species richness at both high and low productivity levels and a wide range of values including the maximum at intermediate productivities. Highest productivity and low diversity is found in the nearshore upwelling region dominated by fast growing diatoms; lowest productivity and low diversity occurs in deep, light-limited regions; and intermediate productivity and high diversity. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1252862022-10-01T18:15:56Z Modeled phytoplankton diversity and productivity in the California Current System Follows, Michael J Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences We explore the phytoplankton community structure and the relationship between phytoplankton diversity and productivity produced by a self-emergent ecosystem model that represents a large number of phytoplankton type and is coupled to a circulation model of the California Current System. Biomass of each modeled phytoplankton type, when averaged over the uppermost model level and for 5-years, spans 7 orders of magnitude; 13 phytoplankton types contribute to the top 99.9% of community biomass, defining modeled species richness. Instantaneously, modeled species richness ranges between 1 and 17 while the Shannon index reaches values of 2.3. Diversity versus primary productivity shows large scatter with low species richness at both high and low productivity levels and a wide range of values including the maximum at intermediate productivities. Highest productivity and low diversity is found in the nearshore upwelling region dominated by fast growing diatoms; lowest productivity and low diversity occurs in deep, light-limited regions; and intermediate productivity and high diversity. 2020-05-18T16:16:15Z 2020-05-18T16:16:15Z 2013-08 2020-04-17T15:24:09Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0304-3800 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125286 Goebel, N. L. et al. “Modeled phytoplankton diversity and productivity in the California Current System.” Ecological Modelling 264 (2013): © 2013 The Author(s) en 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.11.008 Ecological Modelling Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ application/pdf Elsevier BV Other repository |
| spellingShingle | Follows, Michael J Modeled phytoplankton diversity and productivity in the California Current System |
| title | Modeled phytoplankton diversity and productivity in the California Current System |
| title_full | Modeled phytoplankton diversity and productivity in the California Current System |
| title_fullStr | Modeled phytoplankton diversity and productivity in the California Current System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modeled phytoplankton diversity and productivity in the California Current System |
| title_short | Modeled phytoplankton diversity and productivity in the California Current System |
| title_sort | modeled phytoplankton diversity and productivity in the california current system |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125286 |
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