Introduction to the Modeling of Marine Ecosystems: (with MATLAB programs on accompanying CD-ROM)

Introduction to the Modelling of Marine Ecosystems, Second Edition provides foundational information on the construction of chemical and biological models - from simple cases to more complex biogeochemical models and life cycle resolving model components. This step-by-step approach to increasing the complexity of the models allows readers to explore the theoretical framework and become familiar with the models even when they have limited experience in mathematical modeling. Introduction to the Modelling of Marine Ecosystems shows how biological model components can be integrated into three dimensional circulation models and how such models can be used for numerical experiments. Covers the marine food web from nutrients, phytoplankton to higher trophic levelsPresents information on the response of marine systems to external pressures as seen in physical biological modelsProvides an extended discussion of unifying theoretical concepts and of physical biological interactionCovers higher trophic levels, in particular multi-species fish models and their interaction with the biogeochemical modelsOffers MATLAB scripts on a companion website for many of the described example models to facilitate reproduction of the findings in the book and guide reader to writing own code INDICE: PrefacePreface of the First EditionChapter 1: Introduction1.1 Models of marine ecosystems1.2 Models from nutrients to fishChapter 2: Chemical-Biological Models2.1 Chemical-biological processes2.2 Simple models2.3 Simple plankton models for the oceanChapter 3: More Complex Models3.1 Competition3.2 Several functional groups3.3 N2 fixation3.4 DenitrificationChapter 4: Modelling Life Cycles of Copepods and Fish4.1 Growth and stage duration4.2 Stage-resolving models of copepods4.3 Experimental simulations4.4 A fish modelChapter 5: Physical-Biological Interaction5.1 Irradiance5.2 Coastal ocean dynamics5.3 Advection-diffusion equation5.4 Upscaling and downscaling5.5 Resolution of processesChapter 6: Coupled Models6.1 Introduction6.2 Regional to global models6.3 Circulation models6.4 Baltic sea6.5 Description of the model system6.6 Simulation of the annual cycle6.7 Simulation of the decade 1980-19906.8 A load reduction experiment6.9 Projection of future changes6.10 Tracking of elements6.11 DiscussionChapter 7: Circulation Model, Copepods and Fish7.1 Recruitment (Match-Mismatch)7.2 Copepods in the baltic sea model7.3 Three-dimensional simulations7.4 Modelling of behavioural aspects7.5 Fish in a three-dimensional model7.6 Ergom: A Biogeochemical Model for Regional SeasChapter 8: A Brief Introduction to MATLAB8.1 Fundamentals8.2 Ordinary differential equations8.3 MiscellaneousAppendix: Content of the BooksiteBibliographyIndex

• ISBN: 978-0-444-63806-9
• Editorial: Elsevier Science
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Fecha Publicación: 30/06/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés