| Parameter | Symbol | Units | Model values | |
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Phy. light attenuation scale | kc | m2 mmole-1 | 0.0480 | |
| PAR/total irradiance | 0.45 | |||
| Max. photosyn. rate | Pm | mgC (mgChl)-1 s-1 | 1.7×10-3 | |
| Initial slope of P/I curve | a | mgC (mgChl)-1 s-1 | 1.6×10-5 | |
| Photoinhibition param. | b | mgC (mgChl)-1 s-1 | 0.0 | |
| Half-sat. for nitrogen uptake | kNO3 | mmol l-1 | 0.5 | |
| Half-sat. for NH4 uptake | kNH4 | mmol l-1 | 0.2 | |
| NH4+ inhibition parameter | Y | (mmol N)-1 | 3.5 | |
| Linear phyto mortality rate | n3 | day-1 | 0.1 | |
| Quadratic phyto mortality rate | n4 | day-1 mmoles-1 | 0.6 | |
| Max. zoo grazing rate | Rm | day-1 | 0.69 | |
| Ivlev constant | L | mmol-1 | 1.0 | |
| Frac. of zoo grz. excreted as NH4+ | g1 | 0.16 | ||
| Frac. of zoo grz. excreted as detr. | g2 | 0.04 | ||
| Lin. zoo loss rate | n1 | day-1 | 0.11 | |
| quad. zoo loss rate | n2 | day-1 mmol-1 | 0.52 | |
| frac. of lin. zoo loss to detr. | e1 | 0.75 | ||
| frac. of quad. zoo loss to detr. | e2 | 0.5 | ||
| sinking rate for phyto. | nP | m day-1 | 0.0 | |
| sinking rate for detri. | nD | m day-1 | 2.0 | |
| remin. frac. of sinking phyto | fr | 1.0 | ||
| nitrification timescale | kN | day-1 | 0.05 | |
| detritus remin. timescale | kD | day-1 | 0.1 | |
| N:C ratio of phyto | qN | mmol N (mol C)-1 | 0.15 | |
| Chl:C ratio | mg Chl (mg C)-1 | 0.025 | ||
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