On non-linear sensitivity of marine biological models to parameter variations

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 206, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 369-382

  Chu, Peter C ^a   Ivanov, Leonid M ^b   Margolina, Tetyana M ^a,c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MARINE HYDROPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biological model; Black sea phytoplankton annual cycle; Irreversible predictability time; Non linear sensitivity analysis; Sobol' Saltelli sensitivity indices; Warping function

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLACK SEA PHYTOPLANKTON ANNUAL CYCLE; IRREVERSIBLE PREDICTABILITY TIME; NON-LINEAR SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOBOL'-SALTELLI SENSITIVITY INDICES; WARPING FUNCTION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANTS (BOTANY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA;

EID: 34447546568     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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