Stability and predictability of a virtual plankton ecosystem created with an individual-based model

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 43-83

  Woods, John ^a   Perilli, Angelo ^b   Barkmann, Wolfgang ^c,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attractor; Azores; Biofeedback; Chaos; Circulation; Climate change; Ecosystem; Ergodic; Greenhouse; Individual; Lagrangian Ensemble; Mesocosm; Model; NPZD; Plankton; Predict; Stability; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STABILITY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ATTRACTOR; AZORES; ERODIC; INDIVIDUAL; LAGRANGIAN ENSEMBLE; MESOCOSM; MODEL; NPZD; PLANKTON; PREDICT;

OCEAN HABITATS;

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; PLANKTON; PREDICTION;

COPEPODA;

EID: 24344493050     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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