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[[Image:N-P_model_diagram_v2.png|right|thumb|400px|A schematic of the modelled nitrogen and phosphorus cycles. The unlabelled arrows leading into the phytoplankton ('''O''' and '''NF''') indicate the biological uptake of nitrate and phosphate.]] | [[Image:N-P_model_diagram_v2.png|right|thumb|400px|A schematic of the modelled nitrogen and phosphorus cycles. The unlabelled arrows leading into the phytoplankton ('''O''' and '''NF''') indicate the biological uptake of nitrate and phosphate.]] | ||
| − | The ''' | + | The '''silicon-phosphorus model''' is a first-order model of the major source and sink terms in the ocean's silicon and phosphorus cycles, and feedback loops that connect them. The model builds upon the simpler [[phosphorus model]]. |
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
| − | This model is very simple. It is stripped down to the simplest form that can still reproduce the | + | This model is very simple. It is stripped down to the simplest form that can still reproduce the silicon (Si) and phosphorus (P) cycles. That is to say, the simplest form that is still able to capture the main aspects of how atoms of silicon and phosphorus enter the ocean, are transported about within it, and then finally leave the ocean. The aim of this model is to understand how the silicon:phosphate ratio of the ocean is regulated, and also how the amount of [[phytoplankton]] in the ocean, and therefore the fertility of the ocean as a whole, are controlled. |
| − | The diagram to the right shows how the oceanic cycles of | + | The diagram to the right shows how the oceanic cycles of silicon and phosphorus are represented in the model. As well as including the same cycling of phosphorus as in the phosphorus-only model, the model also represents how atoms of silicon enter and leave different substances (for instance, bodies of living organisms or molecules of silicic acid) during their time in the oceans. |
The model is a two-[[box model]] of the global ocean, where the upper box represents the surface ocean down to the seasonal limit of the deepest wind-induced mixing and the lower box represents the deep ocean below the influence of wind and waves. | The model is a two-[[box model]] of the global ocean, where the upper box represents the surface ocean down to the seasonal limit of the deepest wind-induced mixing and the lower box represents the deep ocean below the influence of wind and waves. | ||
| − | '''<u>Click here for [[ | + | '''<u>Click here for [[Silicon-phosphorus model details|a more detailed description of the silicon-phosphorus model]].</u>''' |
==Other related pages== | ==Other related pages== | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Silicon-phosphorus model pros]] |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Silicon-phosphorus model cons]] |
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | * Tyrrell, T. ( | + | * Yool & Tyrrell, T. (2003). [http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2003/2002GB002018.shtml Role of diatoms in regulating the ocean's silicon cycle]. ''Global Biogeochemical Cycles'' '''17''', 1103, doi:10.1029/2002GB002018. |
| + | * Yool & Tyrrell, T. (2005). [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.12.017 Implications for the history of Cenozoic opal deposition from a quantitative model]. ''Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology'' '''218''', 239–255. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| − | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon Description of the chemical element silicon], [[Wikipedia]] |
| − | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatoms#Ecology Diagram of the silicon cycle], [[Wikipedia]] |
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorus Description of the chemical element phosphorus], [[Wikipedia]] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorus Description of the chemical element phosphorus], [[Wikipedia]] | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorus_cycle Description of the phosphorus cycle], [[Wikipedia]] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorus_cycle Description of the phosphorus cycle], [[Wikipedia]] | ||
[[Category:Biogeochemistry]] | [[Category:Biogeochemistry]] | ||
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Silicon model]] |
[[Category:Phosphorus model]] | [[Category:Phosphorus model]] | ||
Revision as of 16:27, 28 March 2008
The silicon-phosphorus model is a first-order model of the major source and sink terms in the ocean's silicon and phosphorus cycles, and feedback loops that connect them. The model builds upon the simpler phosphorus model.
Overview
This model is very simple. It is stripped down to the simplest form that can still reproduce the silicon (Si) and phosphorus (P) cycles. That is to say, the simplest form that is still able to capture the main aspects of how atoms of silicon and phosphorus enter the ocean, are transported about within it, and then finally leave the ocean. The aim of this model is to understand how the silicon:phosphate ratio of the ocean is regulated, and also how the amount of phytoplankton in the ocean, and therefore the fertility of the ocean as a whole, are controlled.
The diagram to the right shows how the oceanic cycles of silicon and phosphorus are represented in the model. As well as including the same cycling of phosphorus as in the phosphorus-only model, the model also represents how atoms of silicon enter and leave different substances (for instance, bodies of living organisms or molecules of silicic acid) during their time in the oceans.
The model is a two-box model of the global ocean, where the upper box represents the surface ocean down to the seasonal limit of the deepest wind-induced mixing and the lower box represents the deep ocean below the influence of wind and waves.
Click here for a more detailed description of the silicon-phosphorus model.
References
- Yool & Tyrrell, T. (2003). Role of diatoms in regulating the ocean's silicon cycle. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 17, 1103, doi:10.1029/2002GB002018.
- Yool & Tyrrell, T. (2005). Implications for the history of Cenozoic opal deposition from a quantitative model. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 218, 239–255.
