Modeling Ocean Ecosystems: The PARADIGM Program
Abstract
The role of the oceans in Earth systems ecology, and the effects of climate variability on the ocean and its ecosystems, can be understood only by observing, describing, and ultimately predicting the state of the ocean as a physically forced ecological and biogeochemical system. This is a daunting but exciting challenge, because the ocean-atmosphere system is dynamically linked, and oceanic habitats are both diverse and complex, providing tremendous variety in environmental conditions and associated life forms. And paradoxically, as we learn more and more about ocean life, for example, through the genomics revolution (Doney et al., 2004), the number of unanswered questions increases. Models, be they conceptual, statistical, or numerical simulations, are useful and necessary tools for studying the complex interactions that influence ecosystem structure and function.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA449207
Entities
People
- D. Haidvogel
- E. Chassignet
- H. Ducklow
- J. Cullen
- K. Denman
- K. Fennel
- L. Rothstein
- M. Abbott
- M. Follows
- Scott C. Doney
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory