Improving ecological forecasts of copepod community dynamics using genetic algorithms

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 96-110

  Record, N R ^a,e   Pershing, A J ^a,e   Runge, J A ^a,e   Mayo, C A ^b   Monger, B C ^c   Chen, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^e GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological physical coupling; Calanus finmarchicus; Cape Cod Bay; Centropages typicus; Computational ecology; Copepod modeling; Ecological forecasting; Genetic algorithm; Parameter tuning; Pseudocalanus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL-PHYSICAL COUPLING; CALANUS; CAPE COD BAY; CENTROPAGES TYPICUS; COMPUTATIONAL ECOLOGY;

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; FORECASTING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MODELS; TUNING;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CRUSTACEAN; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MODEL VALIDATION; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ZOOPLANKTON;

CAPE COD BAY; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CENTROPAGES TYPICUS; COPEPODA; PSEUDOCALANUS;

EID: 77954864816     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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