Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Netherlands Institute for Ecology
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Institute for Environmental Studies, Free University Amsterdam
University of Plymouth
Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
 


Nutrient Dynamics in European Water Systems

Case Study 3 - Alteration of coastal food webs by human activities

 
3.4 Perspectives
 
  • This example demonstrates the capability of mechanistic models to handle the complex and nonlinear nature of the link between human activities and the functioning of a coastal ecosystem.
  • Ideally the BIOGEN model should be integrated in a 3-D frame of high spatio-temporal resolution. The complexity of the BIOGEN model makes however its direct coupling with the required 3-D physical model yet technically unworkable.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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