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FABM-NflexPD 1.0: assessing an instantaneous acclimation approach for modeling phytoplankton growth
Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institute of Coastal Systems – Analysis and Modeling, Geesthacht, Germany
Prima Anugerahanti
Earth SURFACE System Research Center, Research Institute for Global Change, JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Japan
Sherwood Lan Smith
Earth SURFACE System Research Center, Research Institute for Global Change, JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Japan
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Short summary
In large-scale models, variations in cellular composition of phytoplankton are often insufficiently represented. Detailed modeling approaches exist, but they require additional state variables that increase the computational costs. In this study, we test an instantaneous acclimation model in a spatially explicit setup and show that its behavior is mostly similar to that of a variant with an additional state variable but different from that of a fixed composition variant.
In large-scale models, variations in cellular composition of phytoplankton are often...
