The Effect of Modelling Mechanistically Phytoplankton Photo-physiology on the Seasonal Cycle of Primary Production in Polar Regions

Eva Alvarez1,2, Onur Karakus1 and Judith Hauck1, (1)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research, Marine Biogeosciences, Bremerhaven, Germany, (2)Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Oceanography, Trieste, Italy