THE USE OF TELESCOPING SPATIAL SCALES TO CAPTURE INSHORE TO SLOPE DYNAMICS IN MARINE ECOSYSTEM MODELING |
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| Authors: | PENELOPE JOHNSON ELIZABETH FULTON DAVID C. SMITH GREGORY P. JENKINS NEVILLE BARRETT |
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| Affiliation: | 1. CSIRO Wealth from Oceans National Research Flagship, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
E‐mail: penny.johnson@csiro.au;2. CSIRO Wealth from Oceans National Research Flagship, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia;3. Fisheries Victoria, Marine and Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute, DPI Queenscliff Centre, PO Box 114, Queenscliff Victoria 3225, Australia;4. Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, Private bag 49, Hobart, Tasmania 7053, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Ecosystem processes function at many scales, and capturing these processes is a challenge for ecosystem models. Nevertheless, it is a necessary step for considering many management issues pertaining to shelf and coastal systems. In this paper, we explore one method of modeling large areas with a focus at a range of scales. We develop an ecosystem model that can be used for strategic management decision support by modeling the waters off southeastern Australia using a polygon telescoping approach, which incorporates fine‐scale detail at the coastal zone, increasing in scale to a very coarse scale in the offshore areas. This telescoping technique is a useful tool for incorporating a wide range of habitats at different scales into a single model. |
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| Keywords: | Ecosystem model spatial structure Atlantis model complexity management strategy evaluation ecosystem‐based management |
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