Global sensitivity analysis of an end-to-end marine ecosystem model of the North Sea: Factors affecting the biomass of fish and benthos

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 273, Issue , 2014, Pages 251-263

  Morris, David J ^a   Speirs, Douglas C ^a   Cameron, Angus I ^a   Heath, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Global sensitivity analysis; Morris sensitivity method; North Sea; Ocean acidification; Sobol sensitivity method

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; MORRIS SENSITIVITY METHODS; NORTH SEA; OCEAN ACIDIFICATIONS; SENSITIVITY METHODS;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BIOCONVERSION; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; FEEDING; FISH; FISHERIES; NUTRIENTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ABUNDANCE; ACIDIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FISH; FISHING EFFORT; FOOD WEB; HARVESTING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84890158343     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.11.019     Document Type: Article

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