Journal article

THE USE OF TELESCOPING SPATIAL SCALES TO CAPTURE INSHORE TO SLOPE DYNAMICS IN MARINE ECOSYSTEM MODELING

Penelope Johnson, Elizabeth Fulton, David C Smith, Gregory P Jenkins, Neville Barrett

NATURAL RESOURCE MODELING | WILEY-BLACKWELL | Published : 2011

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..

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The authors are grateful to Bec Gorton for technical support during the construction of the model, and Bruce Taylor for data and biological parameter information. We also thank Peter Appleford, Colin Buxton, Ian Cresswell, Rick Fletcher, Gerry Geen, and Don Hough for their support and comments during the development of the model, and CSIRO reviewers Scott Condie and Rich Little for providing constructive comments on the final paper. Funding for this work was provided by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, the Department of Primary Industries Victoria and the Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute (TAFI).