Pelagic Nitrogen Cycling in Jiaozhou Bay, a Model Study I: the Conceptual Model
A zero-dimensional box model (PNCMjzb) with six state variables (ammonium, nitrate, dissolved organic nitrogen, phytoplankton, zooplankton and detritus) was developed to study nitrogen cycling in the Jiaozhou Bay pelagic ecosystem. The dominant processes within these compartments are considered with nitrogen as flow currency. Phytoplankton and zooplankton are treated as separate state variables, assuming that the species composition was dominated by two or three species the dynamic constants of which are similar and that they represent the entire plankton community. The microbial loop has not been integrated explicitly in the model. The turnover of bacteria is included implicitly in processes such as detritus decomposition, DON remineralization, pelagic nitrification and denitrification. The model is driven by two forcing variables, viz. water temperature and light intensity. Historical data from the1980s and 1990s were compiled and used for model calibration. In this paper (part I), the consideration of every main compartment in the model is interpreted in detail. And the applied equations and parameters are presented. The main results from the simulations together with discussion about phytoplankton dynamics and primary production in Jiaozhou Bay are presented in the next paper (part II).
作 者： 任玲 张曼平 Brockmann Uwe H 冯士笮 作者单位： 任玲,张曼平(College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China)Brockmann Uwe H(Institute of Biogeochemistry and Marine Chemistry, University of Hamburg, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany)
冯士笮(Institute of Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China)
刊 名： 中国海洋湖沼学报(英文版) ISTIC SCI 英文刊名： CHINESE JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY 年，卷(期)： 2003 21(4) 分类号： P74 关键词： nitrogen ecosystem modelling phytoplankton nitrate ammonium pelagic Jiaozhou Bay