Modeling What We Sample and Sampling What We Model: Challenges for Zooplankton Model Assessment.

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2017Author
Everett, Jason D.
Baird, Mark E.
Buchanan, Pearse
Bulman, Cathy
Davies, Claire
Downie, Ryan
Griffiths, Chris
Heneghan, Ryan
Kloser, Rudy J.
Laiolo, Leonardo
Lara-Lopez, Ana
Lozano-Montes, Hector
Matear, Richard J.
McEnnulty, Felicity
Robson, Barbara
Rochester, Wayne
Skerratt, Jenny
Smith, James A.
Strzelecki, Joanna
Suthers, Iain M.
Swadling, Kerrie M.
van Ruth, Paul
Richardson, Anthony J.
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Zooplankton are the intermediate trophic level between phytoplankton and fish, and are an important component of carbon and nutrient cycles, accounting for a large proportion of the energy transfer to pelagic fishes and the deep ocean. Given zooplankton’s importance, models need to adequately represent zooplankton dynamics. A major obstacle, though, is the lack of model assessment. Here we try and stimulate the assessment of zooplankton in models by filling three gaps. The first is that many zooplankton observationalists are unfamiliar with the biogeochemical, ecosystem, and size-based and individual-based models that have zooplankton functional groups, so we describe their primary uses and how each typically represents zooplankton. The second gap is that many modelers are unaware of the zooplankton data that are available, and are unaccustomed to the different zooplankton sampling systems, so we describe the main sampling platforms and discuss their strengths and weaknesses for model.....
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Frontiers in Marine ScienceVolume
4Issue
Article 77Page Range
19pp.Document Language
enEssential Ocean Variables (EOV)
Zooplankton biomass and diversityBest Practice Type
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hhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00077Citation
Everett Jason D.; Baird Mark E.; Buchanan Pearse, et al (2017) Modeling What We Sample and Sampling What We Model: Challenges for Zooplankton Model Assessment. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4;77, 19pp. DOI:10.3389/fmars.2017.00077.Collections
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