A COUPLED PHYSICAL BIOLOGICAL PELAGIC MODEL OF A SHALLOW SILL FJORD

被引:42
作者
AKSNES, DL
LIE, U
机构
[1] Department of Fisheries and Marine Biology, University of Bergen, 5008 Bergen
关键词
NUMERICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL CONTROL; STRATIFICATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; NUTRIENTS; PLANKTON; FJORD; NORWAY;
D O I
10.1016/0272-7714(90)90038-S
中图分类号
Q17 [水生生物学];
学科分类号
071004 ;
摘要
A vertically resolved model for the land-locked fjord Lindåspollene, western Norway is presented. Salinity, temperature, oxygen, nitrogen-nutrients, silicate, and two groups of phytoplankton and herbivores are represented as dynamic variables. From 'below' the model is driven by solar radiation, precipitation, wind and tidal exchange and from 'above' by herbivore mortality. Simulation results are presented and discussed together with actual observations from Lindåspollene. The main seasonal and vertical characteristics of the phytoplankton and herbivore dynamics seem to be well reflected by the model, and realistic seasonal patterns may be produced for several successive years. The most characteristic vertical features are the formation of a summer surface production maximum and a deep chlorophyll maximum. Furthermore, a herbivore biomass which develops in the surface layer divides into a shallow and a deep component during summer and becomes concentrated in the surface layer again in the autumn. The nutricline and the pycnocline develop independently of one another, with consequences for the supply of nutrients to the upper euphotic zone. The bottom-up control exerted by the meteorological forcing, especially the freshwater runoff, seems to be of paramount significance for the observed vertical structure and seasonality of the present fjord system. © 1990.
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页码:459 / 486
页数:28
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