Dynamics of phytoplankton blooms in turbulent vortex cells.

Correction to 'Dynamics of phytoplankton blooms in turbulent vortex cells'.

Limnol. Oceanogr., 44(7), 1999, 1781–1787

A turbulent diffusion model shows that there are two different mechanisms for the development of phytoplankton blooms. One of these mechanisms works in well-mixed environments and corresponds to the classical critical depth theory. The other mechanism is based on the rate of turbulent mixing. If turbulent mixing is less than a critical turbulence, phytoplankton growth rates exceed the vertical ...

Limnol. Oceanogr., 44(7), 1999, 1781–1787

A turbulent diffusion model shows that there are two different mechanisms for the development of phytoplankton blooms. One of these mechanisms works in well-mixed environments and corresponds to the classical critical depth theory. The other mechanism is based on the rate of turbulent mixing. If turbulent mixing is less than a critical turbulence, phytoplankton growth rates exceed the vertical ...

Mathematical Modeling of Oceanic Phytoplankton Blooms in Chaotic Flows

Phytoplankton blooms are geochemically and ecologically important, but current understanding of the causes of phytoplankton blooms provides little power to predict the timing, extent, and distribution of blooms. In this thesis, I discuss the implications of light limitation for phytoplankton bloom patchiness and community structure by modeling phytoplankton as reacting tracers in a reaction-adv...

Plankton blooms induced by turbulent flows.

Plankton play an important role in the ecology of the ocean and the climate because of their participation in the global carbon cycle at the base of the food chain. However, damaging plankton blooms can sometimes occur and are initially characterized by sudden transient increases in the phytoplankton population. They are thought to be driven by several effects, such as seasonal variations in te...