Nanoplanktonic diatoms are globally overlooked but play a role in spring blooms and carbon export

K Leblanc, B Queguiner, F Diaz, V Cornet… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Diatoms are one of the major primary producers in the ocean, responsible annually for~
20% of photosynthetically fixed CO2 on Earth. In oceanic models, they are typically …

Investigation of mechanistic formulations depicting phytoplankton dynamics for models of marine pelagic ecosystems and description of a new model

M Baklouti, F Diaz, C Pinazo, V Faure… - Progress in …, 2006 - Elsevier
Realistic modelling of marine ecosystems is necessary for improving our understanding of
the ocean's biogeochemical state and for predicting their response to anthropic …

A review of the LATEX project: mesoscale to submesoscale processes in a coastal environment

AA Petrenko, AM Doglioli, F Nencioli, M Kersalé, Z Hu… - Ocean Dynamics, 2017 - Springer
The main objective of the LAgrangian Transport EXperiment (LATEX) project was to study
the influence of coastal mesoscale and submesoscale physical processes on circulation …

Trophic structure in the Gulf of Lions marine ecosystem (north-western Mediterranean Sea) and fishing impacts

D Bănaru, C Mellon-Duval, D Roos, JL Bigot… - Journal of Marine …, 2013 - Elsevier
The Gulf of Lions ecosystem was described using the Ecopath mass-balance model to
characterise its structure and functioning and to examine the effects of the multispecific …

Influence of environmental variability and age on the body condition of small pelagic fish in the Gulf of Lions

P Brosset, F Ménard, JM Fromentin… - Marine Ecology …, 2015 - int-res.com
Endogenous and environmental variables are fundamental in explaining variations in fish
condition. Based on more than 20 yr of fish weight and length data, relative condition indices …

Modeling the biogeochemical impact of atmospheric phosphate deposition from desert dust and combustion sources to the Mediterranean Sea

C Richon, JC Dutay, F Dulac, R Wang… - …, 2018 - bg.copernicus.org
Daily modeled fields of phosphate deposition to the Mediterranean from natural dust,
anthropogenic combustion and wildfires were used to assess the effect of this external …

Vertical mixing effects on phytoplankton dynamics and organic carbon export in the western Mediterranean Sea

F Kessouri, C Ulses, C Estournel… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A 3‐D high‐resolution coupled hydrodynamic‐biogeochemical model of the western
Mediterranean was used to study phytoplankton dynamics and organic carbon export in …

Responses of European anchovy vital rates and population growth to environmental fluctuations: An individual-based modeling approach

H Pethybridge, D Roos, V Loizeau, L Pecquerie… - Ecological …, 2013 - Elsevier
A size-structured, bioenergetics model was implemented to examine the effects of short-term
environmental changes on European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus, in the North-western …

New insights into the organic carbon export in the Mediterranean Sea from 3-D modeling

A Guyennon, M Baklouti, F Diaz, J Palmieri… - …, 2015 - bg.copernicus.org
The Mediterranean Sea is one of the most oligotrophic regions of the oceans, and nutrients
have been shown to limit both phytoplankton and bacterial activities, resulting in a potential …

The regional Earth system Model RegCM‐ES: Evaluation of the Mediterranean climate and marine biogeochemistry

M Reale, F Giorgi, C Solidoro… - Journal of Advances …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We introduce a new version of the Earth System Regional Climate model RegCM‐ES and
evaluate its performances for the first time over the Mediterranean region. The novel aspect …