Introduction to the Modelling of Marine Ecosystems. Edition No. 2. Elsevier Oceanography Series Volume 72

Table of Contents

• Preface
  • Preface of the First Edition
• Chapter 1: Introduction
  • 1.1 Models of marine ecosystems
  • 1.2 Models from nutrients to fish
• Chapter 2: Chemical-Biological Models
  • 2.1 Chemical-biological processes
  • 2.2 Simple models
  • 2.3 Simple plankton models for the ocean
• Chapter 3: More Complex Models
  • 3.1 Competition
  • 3.2 Several functional groups
  • 3.3 N2 fixation
  • 3.4 Denitrification
• Chapter 4: Modelling Life Cycles of Copepods and Fish
  • 4.1 Growth and stage duration
  • 4.2 Stage-resolving models of copepods
  • 4.3 Experimental simulations
  • 4.4 A fish model
• Chapter 5: Physical-Biological Interaction
  • 5.1 Irradiance
  • 5.2 Coastal ocean dynamics
  • 5.3 Advection-diffusion equation
  • 5.4 Upscaling and downscaling
  • 5.5 Resolution of processes
• Chapter 6: Coupled Models
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Regional to global models
  • 6.3 Circulation models
  • 6.4 Baltic sea
  • 6.5 Description of the model system
  • 6.6 Simulation of the annual cycle
  • 6.7 Simulation of the decade 1980-1990
  • 6.8 A load reduction experiment
  • 6.9 Projection of future changes
  • 6.10 Tracking of elements
  • 6.11 Discussion
• Chapter 7: Circulation Model, Copepods and Fish
  • 7.1 Recruitment (Match-Mismatch)
  • 7.2 Copepods in the baltic sea model
  • 7.3 Three-dimensional simulations
  • 7.4 Modelling of behavioural aspects
  • 7.5 Fish in a three-dimensional model
  • 7.6 Ergom: A Biogeochemical Model for Regional Seas
• Chapter 8: A Brief Introduction to MATLAB
  • 8.1 Fundamentals
  • 8.2 Ordinary differential equations
  • 8.3 Miscellaneous
• Appendix: Content of the Booksite
• Bibliography
• Index