Introduction to the Modelling of Marine Ecosystems

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