A numerical estimate of the impact of the Saharan dust on Mediterranean trophic web

The numerical scheme adopted is a 1/4 degree resolution 31 levels MOM-based eco-hydrodynamical model with climatological ('perpetual year') forcings coupled on-line with a structure including multi-nutrient, size-fractionated phytoplankton functional groups, herbivores and parametrized recycling detritus submodel, so to (explicitely or implicitely) include the major energy pathways of the upper layer mediterranean ecosystem. This model takes into account as potential limiting factors, among others, Nitrogen (in its oxidized and reduced forms) and Phosphorus. (Abstract Excerpts)