Contemporary modeling efforts have shown remarkable
achievements in the application of simulation, conceptual and analytic
modeling to biological systems. This is especially true when it
comes to modeling the lower trophic levels of marine ecosystems
with biomass-based models, individual-based models, and population
dynamics models. Recent observations and data collections on marine
ecosystem primary and secondary producers have provided the opportunity
to generate hypotheses to explain the effects of regime shifts and
the influence of climate variability. This session will demonstrate
the utility of using modeling and models to examine these and similar
hypotheses. Papers dealing with linking regional scale models to
basin scale models, fisheries migration models, models that link
lower trophic level models to higher trophic models, ecological
food web models, and marine ecosystem process formulations are invited.
Topical issues related to future advancements, useful extensions,
validations and calibrations are also solicited.