| Description |
xiv, 399 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Developments in environmental modelling ; no. 9 |
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Developments in environmental modelling ; no. 9
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 1.1.Physical and Mathematical Models -- 1.2.Models as a Management Tool -- 1.3.Models as a Research Tool -- 1.4.Models and Holism -- 1.5.The Ecosystem as an Object for Research -- 1.6.The Development of Ecological and Environmental Models -- 1.7.State of the Art in the Application of Models -- 2.Concepts of Modelling -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.Modelling Elements -- 2.3.The Modelling Procedure -- 2.4.Verification -- 2.5.Sensitivity Analysis -- 2.6.Calibration -- 2.7.Validation and Assessment of the Model Uncertainty -- 2.8.Model Classes -- 2.9.Selection of Model Complexity and Structure -- 2.10.Parameter Estimation -- 2.11.Ecological Modelling and Quantum Theory -- 2.12.Modelling Constraints -- Problems -- 3.An Overview of Different Model Types -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Model types --- An Overview -- 3.3.Conceptual Models -- 3.4.Advantages and Disadvantages of the Most Applied Model Types -- |
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Contents note continued: 3.5.Applicability of the Different Model Types -- Problems -- 4.Mediated or Institutionalized Modelling -- 4.1.Introduction: Why Do We Need Mediated Modelling? -- 4.2.The Institutionalized Modelling Process -- 4.3.When Do You Apply Institutionalized or Mediated Modelling (IMM)? -- Problems -- 5.Modelling Population Dynamics -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.Basic Concepts -- 5.3.Growth Models in Population Dynamics -- Illustration 5.1 -- 5.4.Interaction Between Populations -- Illustration 5.2 -- Illustration 5.3 -- 5.5.Matrix Models -- Illustration 5.4 -- 5.6.Fishery Models -- 5.7.Metapopulation Models -- 5.8.Infection Models -- Problems -- 6.Steady-State Models -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.A Chemo state Model to Illustrate a Steady-State Biogeochemical Model -- Illustration 6.1 -- 6.3.Ecopath Models -- 6.4.Ecological Network Analysis -- Problems -- 7.Dynamic Biogeochemical Models -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Application of Biogeochemical Dynamic Models -- |
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Contents note continued: 7.3.The Streeter-Phelps River BOD/DO Model, Using STELLA -- 7.4.Eutrophication Models I: Simple Eutrophication Models with 2-4 State Variables -- 7.5.Eutrophication Models II: A Complex Eutrophication Model -- 7.6.Model of Subsurface Wetland -- 7.7.Global Warming Model -- Problems -- 8.Ecotoxicological Models -- 8.1.Classification and Application of Ecotoxicological Models -- 8.2.Environmental Risk Assessment -- 8.3.Characteristics and Structure of Ecotoxicological Models -- 8.4.An Overview: The Application of Models in Ecotoxicology -- 8.5.Estimation of Ecotoxicological Parameters -- 8.6.Ecotoxicological Case Study I: Modelling the Distribution of Chromium in a Danish Fjord -- 8.7.Ecotoxicological Case Study II: Contamination of Agricultural Products by Cadmium and Lead -- 8.8.Fugacity Fate Models -- Illustration 8.1 -- Illustration 8.2 -- 9.Individual-Based Models -- 9.1.History of Individual-Based Models -- 9.2.Designing Individual-Based Models -- |
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Contents note continued: 9.3.Emergent versus Imposed Behaviors -- 9.4.Orientors -- 9.5.Implementing Individual-Based Models -- 9.6.Pattern-Oriented Modelling -- 9.7.Individual-Based Models for Parameterizing Models -- 9.8.Individual-Based Models and Spatial Models -- 9.9.Example -- 9.10.Conclusions -- Problems -- 10.Structurally Dynamic Models -- 10.1.Introduction -- 10.2.Ecosystem Characteristics -- 10.3.How to Construct Structurally Dynamic Models and Definitions of Exergy and Eco-exergy -- 10.4.Development of Structurally Dynamic Models for Darwin's Finches -- 10.5.Biomanipulation -- 10.6.An Ecotoxicological Structurally Dynamic Models Example -- Problems -- 11.Spatial Modelling -- 11.1.Introduction -- 11.2.Spatial Ecological Models: The Early Days -- 11.3.Spatial Ecological Models: State-of-the-Art -- Problems |
| Analysis |
Ecology |
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Environmental management |
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Pollution |
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Simulation models |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Pollution -- Simulation methods.
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Ecology -- Simulation methods.
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Environmental management.
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| Author |
Fath, Brian D.
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| LC no. |
2010049720 |
| ISBN |
9780444535672 |
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0444535675 |
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