The case for marine ecosystem models of intermediate complexity

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 121-128

  Hannah, Charles ^a   Vezina, Alain ^a   John, Mike St ^b  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPLEXITY THEORY; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; EXTERNAL FORCING; FEED-BACK LOOP; FISH STOCK; FOOD WEBS; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; GUIDING PRINCIPLES; INTERMEDIATE COMPLEXITY; INTERNAL DYNAMICS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE FOOD WEB; MODEL DESIGN; SPRING BLOOMS;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; MODEL STRUCTURES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SPRING (SEASON); STOCK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 76749094979     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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