Bridging the gap between ecosystem modeling tools and geographic information systems: Driving a food web model with external spatial-temporal data

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 263, Issue , 2013, Pages 139-151

  Steenbeek, Jeroen ^a,b   Coll, Marta ^b,c   Gurney, Leigh ^d   Mélin, Frédéric ^d   Hoepffner, Nicolas ^d   Buszowski, Joe ^a   Christensen, Villy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Ecopath International Initiative Research Association   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Ecospace; EwE approach; Food web model; GIS; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC SEA; ECOSPACE; EWE APPROACH; FOOD WEB MODEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DIGITAL STORAGE; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; INTEROPERABILITY; PLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEMERSAL FISH; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD WEB; GIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PELAGIC FISH; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS;

EID: 84879352707     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.04.027     Document Type: Article

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