Introduction to the Modelling of Marine Ecosystems

* 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