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Modeled phytoplankton diversity and productivity in the California Current System

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Follows, Michael J
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Abstract
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.
Date issued
2013-08
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125286
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Journal
Ecological Modelling
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Citation
Goebel, N. L. et al. “Modeled phytoplankton diversity and productivity in the California Current System.” Ecological Modelling 264 (2013): © 2013 The Author(s)
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0304-3800

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