Ecopath with Ecosim as a model-building toolbox: Source code capabilities, extensions, and variations

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 319, Issue , 2016, Pages 178-189

  Steenbeek, Jeroen ^a   Buszowski, Joe ^a   Christensen, Villy ^b   Akoglu, Ekin ^c   Aydin, Kerim ^d   Ellis, Nick ^e   Felinto, Dalai ^b   Guitton, Jerome ^f   Lucey, Sean ^g   Kearney, Kelly ^h   Mackinson, Steven ⁱ   Pan, Mike ^b   Platts, Mark ⁱ   Walters, Carl ^b  

^a Ecopath International Initiative Association   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^d ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^g NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecopath with Ecosim; Ecosystem; Fisheries; Food web model; Model interoperability; Open source software

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; INTEROPERABILITY; OPEN SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

DESKTOP SOFTWARE; ECOPATH WITH ECOSIM; FOOD WEB MODEL; MICROSOFT WINDOWS; MODEL INTEROPERABILITY; MODULAR APPROACH; SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS; TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FISHERY; FOOD WEB; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; SOFTWARE; METHODOLOGY; TOOL USE;

EID: 84936816712     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.06.031     Document Type: Article

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