Sensitivity analysis of the two dimensional application of the Generic Ecological Model (GEM) to algal bloom prediction in the North Sea

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 178-190

  Salacinska, K ^a   El Serafy, G Y ^b   Los, F J ^b   Blauw, A ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Algae bloom; Coastal ecology; Complex modelling; Sensitivity analysis; Stochastic approach

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; ALGAE BLOOM; ALGAE BLOOMS; ALGAL BLOOMS; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; CO-EXISTING; COASTAL ECOLOGY; CORRELATION RATIO; EARLY WARNING; ECOLOGICAL MODELS; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; HARMFUL ALGAE; INPUT FACTORS; LOCAL CHARACTERISTICS; MODEL COMPLEXITY; MODEL RESPONSE; MODELLING TOOLS; MORRIS METHOD; NORTH SEA; PHYTOPLANKTON SPECIES; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STOCHASTIC APPROACH; WATER SYSTEM;

BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; SIMULATORS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ABUNDANCE INDEX; ALGAL BLOOM; COASTAL ZONE; CORRELATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STOCHASTICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 70549111718     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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