Articles | Volume 11, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-467-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-467-2018
Model description paper
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01 Feb 2018
Model description paper |  | 01 Feb 2018

CITRATE 1.0: Phytoplankton continuous trait-distribution model with one-dimensional physical transport applied to the North Pacific

Bingzhang Chen and Sherwood Lan Smith

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CITRATE 1.0 B. Chen https://github.com/BingzhangChen/citrate

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Short summary
Marine phytoplankton accounts for half of global primary production. Phytoplankton size is an important trait affecting its fitness and ecosystem functioning. We have developed a plankton model with continuous size distribution for phytoplankton and applied it in the North Pacific. This model is able to capture the general patterns of phytoplankton size distribution in the real ocean and can be used for understanding the mechanisms controlling phytoplankton size structure and diversity.