3 Introductory material: Ecosim
Ecosim provides a dynamic simulation capability at the ecosystem level, with key initial parameters inherited from the base Ecopath model.
This chapter contains details of the theory underpinning the function of Ecosim:
- An Overview of Ecosim
- Ecosim Basics
- Vulnerabilities in Ecosim
- Dealing with Dynamic Instability in Ecosim and Ecospace
- EwEugPredictingConsumption
- EwEugForagingTimeAndPredationRisk
- EwEugTimeSeriesFittingInEcosimEvaluatingFisheriesAndEnvironmentalEffects
- EwEugHintsForFittingModelsToTimeSeriesReferenceData
- EwEugEffectsOfPbZandVulnerabilityForTimeSeriesFitting
- EwEugPredatorSatiationAndHandlingTimeEffects
- EwEugModellingSwitchingBehaviourInEcosim
- EwEugCompensatoryMechanisms
- EwEugUsingEcosimToStudyCompensationInRecruitmentRelationships
- EwEugCompensatoryGrowth
- EwEugCompensatoryNaturalMortality
- EwEugLinkingMediationAndTimeForcingFunctionsToTrophicInteractionRates
- EwEugPrimaryProduction
- EwEugNutrientCyclingAndNutrientLimitationInEcosim
- EwEugDensityDependentChangesInCatchability
- EwEugModellingEffortDynamics
- EwEugUsingEcosimForStockReductionAnalysis
- EwEugHatcheryPopulationsInEcosim
- EwEugParameterSensitivity
See Ecosim inputs? and Ecosim outputs? for links to instructions for using Ecosim.