Articles | Volume 11, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-3015-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-3015-2014
Research article
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06 Jun 2014
Research article |  | 06 Jun 2014

Using biogeochemical data assimilation to assess the relative skill of multiple ecosystem models in the Mid-Atlantic Bight: effects of increasing the complexity of the planktonic food web

Y. Xiao and M. A. M. Friedrichs

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