FISHFATE Users Guide: Spacially Temporally Explicit Population Simulation Model

Abstract

The evaluation of alternative environmental windows for dredging operations, which represent a broad spectrum of project and site specific conditions (e.g., type of dredge plant, local hydrodynamics, bathymetry, etc.) requires development of a spatially and temporally explicit population simulation model. Unless spatial dynamics are accounted for, exploration of spatial and/or temporal alternatives is impractical and is of limited effectiveness (Pelletier and Magal 1996). Ultimately, an integrated biophysical and population modeling package is needed that contains coupled population-dynamic, hydrodynamic, fate-and-transport, and bioenergetic models that can be applied in spatially-explicit formats. This Users Guide details a population-dynamic model that provides a quantitative biological foundation for such an integrated modeling package.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA375965

Entities

People

  • Douglas G. Clarke
  • G. A. Meester
  • J. Juo
  • J. S. Ault
  • K. C. Lindeman

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Age Distribution
  • Aquatic Organisms
  • Boundaries
  • Cells
  • Confidence Limits
  • Coral Reefs
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Dredging
  • Dynamics
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Entrainment
  • Equations
  • Fish
  • Fisheries
  • Habitats
  • Random Number Generators

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology