Oceanography of the Black Sea: a review of some recent results

E Özsoy, Ü Ünlüata - Earth-Science Reviews, 1997‏ - Elsevier
A new synthesis of the Black Sea oceanography is presented, primarily based on studies
carried out in the southern Black Sea, as well as on some recent work covering the entire …

The ctenophore Mnemiopsis in native and exotic habitats: US estuaries versus the Black Sea basin

JE Purcell, TA Shiganova, MB Decker, ED Houde - Hydrobiologia, 2001‏ - Springer
The native habitats of the ctenophore, Mnemiopsis, are temperate to subtropical estuaries
along the Atlantic coast of North and South America, where it is found in an extremely wide …

[HTML][HTML] Potential impacts of climate change on the primary production of regional seas: A comparative analysis of five European seas

J Holt, C Schrum, H Cannaby, U Daewel, I Allen… - Progress in …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Regional seas are potentially highly vulnerable to climate change, yet are the most directly
societally important regions of the marine environment. The combination of widely varying …

Modeling distinct vertical biogeochemical structure of the Black Sea: Dynamical coupling of the oxic, suboxic, and anoxic layers

T Oguz, HW Ducklow… - Global Biogeochemical …, 2000‏ - Wiley Online Library
A one‐dimensional, vertically resolved, physical‐biogeochemical model is used to provide a
unified representation of the dynamically coupled oxic‐suboxic‐anoxic system for the …

Configuring an ecosystem model using data from the Bermuda Atlantic Time Series (BATS)

YH Spitz, JR Moisan, MR Abbott - Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical …, 2001‏ - Elsevier
The results of an assimilative approach to guide the configuration of an ecosystem model for
the mixed layer of an oligotrophic environment are presented. The time series data from the …

Improving marine ecosystem models: use of data assimilation and mesocosm experiments

JJ Vallino - 2000‏ - elischolar.library.yale.edu
Our inability to accurately model marine food webs severely limits the prognostic capabilities
of current generation marine biogeochemistry models. To address this problem we examine …

Data assimilation and a pelagic ecosystem model: parameterization using time series observations

YH Spitz, JR Moisan, MR Abbott, JG Richman - Journal of Marine Systems, 1998‏ - Elsevier
Variational adjoint assimilation of time series observations is used to estimate the optimal
parameters of a nitrogen-budget, upper ocean, mixed-layer ecosystem model. Observations …

Modeling the response of top‐down control exerted by gelatinous carnivores on the Black Sea pelagic food web

T Oguz, HW Ducklow, JE Purcell… - Journal of …, 2001‏ - Wiley Online Library
Recent changes in structure and functioning of the interior Black Sea ecosystem are studied
by a series of simulations using a one‐dimensional, vertically resolved, coupled physical …

Mixing in the Black Sea detected from the temporal and spatial variability of oxygen and sulfide–Argo float observations and numerical modelling

EV Stanev, Y He, J Staneva, E Yakushev - Biogeosciences, 2014‏ - bg.copernicus.org
The temporal and spatial variability of the upper ocean hydrochemistry in the Black Sea is
analysed using data originating from profiling floats with oxygen sensors and carried out …

A physical–biochemical model of plankton productivity and nitrogen cycling in the Black Sea

T Oguz, HW Ducklow, P Malanotte-Rizzoli… - Deep Sea Research …, 1999‏ - Elsevier
A one-dimensional, vertically resolved, physical–biochemical upper ocean model is utilized
to study plankton productivity and nitrogen cycling in the central Black Sea region …