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Building clone-consistent ecosystem models. [PDF]

PLoS Computational Biology, 2021
Many ecological studies employ general models that can feature an arbitrary number of populations. A critical requirement imposed on such models is clone consistency: If the individuals from two populations are indistinguishable, joining these ...
Gerrit Ansmann, Tobias Bollenbach
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From data compilation to model validation: comparing three ecosystem models of the Tasman and Golden Bays, New Zealand [PDF]

PeerJ, 2021
The Tasman and Golden Bays (TBGB) are a semi-enclosed embayment system in New Zealand that supports numerous commercial and recreational activities.
Vidette L. McGregor, Peter Horn, Adele Dutilloy, Samik Datta, Alice Rogers, Javier Porobic, Alistair Dunn, Ian Tuck   +7 more
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EcoEnsemble: A general framework for combining ecosystem models in R

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Often there are several complex ecosystem models available to address a specific question. However, structural differences, systematic discrepancies and uncertainties mean that they typically produce different outputs.
Michael A. Spence, James A. Martindale, Michael J. Thomson   +2 more
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Macrosystems EDDIE teaching modules significantly increase ecology students' proficiency and confidence working with ecosystem models and use of systems thinking [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Simulation models are increasingly used by ecologists to study complex, ecosystem‐scale phenomena, but integrating ecosystem simulation modeling into ecology undergraduate and graduate curricula remains rare.
Cayelan C. Carey, Kaitlin J. Farrell, Alexandria G. Hounshell, Kristin O'Connell   +3 more
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Toward Improved Model Capacities for Assessment of Climate Impacts on Coastal Bentho-Pelagic Food Webs and Ecosystem Services

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Global climate change is a key driver of change in coastal waters with clear effects on biological communities and marine ecosystems. Human activities in combination with climate change exert a tremendous pressure on marine ecosystems and threaten their ...
Sabine Horn, Cédric L. Meunier, Vera Fofonova, Karen H. Wiltshire, Karen H. Wiltshire, Subrata Sarker, Bernadette Pogoda, Bernadette Pogoda, Harald Asmus   +8 more
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Comparing Three Remotely Sensed Approaches for Simulating Gross Primary Productivity over Mountainous Watersheds: A Case Study in the Wanglang National Nature Reserve, China

Remote Sensing, 2021
Light Use Efficiency (LUE), Vegetation Index (VI)-based, and process-based models are the main approaches for spatially continuous gross primary productivity (GPP) estimation.
Xinyao Xie, Ainong Li, Huaan Jin, Jinhu Bian, Zhengjian Zhang, Xi Nan   +5 more
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Using ecosystem models to inform ecosystem-based fisheries management in Europe: a review of the policy landscape and related stakeholder needs

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
The need to implement an ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM) is enshrined in numerous regulations and strategies, at both global and European level.
Ana Rodriguez-Perez, Athanassios C. Tsikliras, Gideon Gal, Jeroen Steenbeek, Jannike Falk-Andersson, Johanna J. Heymans   +5 more
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Metabolic responses of predators to prey density

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
The metabolic cost of foraging is the dark energy of ecological systems. It is much harder to observe and to measure than its beneficial counterpart, prey consumption, yet it is not inconsequential for the dynamics of prey and predator populations.
Henrique Corrêa Giacomini
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Southern Ocean Food Web Modelling: Progress, Prognoses, and Future Priorities for Research and Policy Makers

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Globally important services are supported by Southern Ocean ecosystems, underpinned by the structure, function, and dynamics of complex interconnected and regionally distinctive food webs. These food webs vary in response to a combination of physical and
Stacey A. McCormack, Jessica Melbourne-Thomas, Jessica Melbourne-Thomas, Rowan Trebilco, Rowan Trebilco, Gary Griffith, Gary Griffith, Simeon L. Hill, Carie Hoover, Nadine M. Johnston, Tomás I. Marina, Eugene J. Murphy, Evgeny A. Pakhomov, Evgeny A. Pakhomov, Matt Pinkerton, Éva Plagányi, Éva Plagányi, Leonardo A. Saravia, Roshni C. Subramaniam, Roshni C. Subramaniam, Anton P. Van de Putte, Anton P. Van de Putte, Anton P. Van de Putte, Andrew J. Constable, Andrew J. Constable, Andrew J. Constable   +25 more
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Derived Ocean Features for Dynamic Ocean Management [PDF]

Oceanography, 2014
Primary environmental variables, such as sea surface temperature, wind speed, and chlorophyll, have been used widely in a variety of studies by biological oceanographers to explore the relationship between "physics" and, say, distribution and abundance ...
Alistair Hobday, Jason R. Hartog
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