From: [mailto: On Behalf Of Paul Tett
Sent: 15 February 2007 16:54
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Cc: ECASA ECASA
Subject: [ecasa_modelling] ECASA WP4 2nd Modelling Workshop
Dear ECASA modellers
Here is a summary of the workshop held in Edinburgh two weeks ago,
and a list of the things that we agreed to do during the remaining
time of ECASA.
best wishes
Paul
ECASA WP4 2nd Modelling Workshop
Napier University (Merchiston campus), Edinburgh, 29-30 January 2007
chaired by Chris Cromey (SAMS) and Paul Tett (NUE, leader WP4)
also attended by: Julian Mader (AZTI), Alain Body (Ifremer,leader of
WP2); Helmut Thetmeyer (Ifm-Geomar); Enrique Portilla, Ana Brito
(NUE); Tarzan Legovic, Marko Jusup (RBI); Anthony Hawkins (PML);
Anders Stigebrandt, Carina Erlandsson (UGOT); Roberto Pstres,
Daniele Brigolin (UVen).
ACTION POINTS
1. Discussions of bi- or multi-lateral collaboration between
modelling groups, including requests for data, should be followed up
immediately; data requests aimed at all or most modellers can be sent
through (with a copy to
); these collaborations include:
(a) comparison of shellfish biology models in EcoWin2000; Joao
already has PML SHELLSIM and UVen MACLAM and MG_IBM; Ifremer will
send DEB model; tests will be made for loch Creran and the Ria
Formosa as part of KEYNOTE as well as ECASA;
(b) application of UGOT MOM and FJORDENV: partners are invited to
visit the MOM website (Anders will provide password access),use the
model, and send the results to UGOT; Carina will request data for
FjordEnv, and she and Anders will continue discussion with SAMS and
NUE about the FjordEnv application to Scottish lochs that is part of
the SARF012 project as well as ECASA;
(c) application of the CSTT model to all sites:partners are invited
to visit the CSTT website (Paul will email details), apply the model
and send the results to NUE.
2. Field data from ECASA WP5 whould be available by end February:
Alain and Paul will enquire of ECASA SSG.
3. Paul and Enrique will circulate, by 16 February, a simple, unified
account of a model testing and documenting procedure for all ECASA
modellers to use; this will be based on the introductory talks at the
workshop.
4. The ECASA web site will be updated soon (by Paul, Chris and
Averil) to show the provisional WP4 'virtual toolbox' and to provide
copies of exisiting documents and new templates for downloading and
editing.
4. Modellers may propose new indicators to Alain (using the template
he can provide) by end May 2007. He will email all ECASA partners to
ask them to update Indicator descriptions.
5. Accounts of model testing should be submitted (using a template to
be provided under item 3) to Paul and Chris by end July 2007; they
will use these to chose models for the 'toolbox' (the inclusion
criterion will be any model that explains a significant fraction of
observed variance).
6.Model descriptors (4 pages) should be updated by end September
2007(when the toolbox lid will be shut) to mention relevant
indicators and to cite or link to relevant papers or reports or
websites which will form the 'user manuals' for each model; these
linked documents should as a minimum contain equations and
information of how to get executable code.
7. Scientific papers based on items 6 and 5 (but including additional
material if authors wish) may be submitted to a special volume of
'Ecological Modelling' by end October; Tarzan will make arrangements
for this volume and inform partners.
8. ECASA concludes at end November 2007; Paul and Chris (and others,
as agreed by the ECASA SSG) will complete the toolbox by this date.
SUMMARY of the workshop (arranged by ECASA partner acronym and representatives)
AZTI - Julien Mader gave an account of the TRIMODENA-HYDRO-LPT model
application and testing in relation to tuna farms in Mediterranean
coastal waters of S.E. Spain;
Ifremer - Alain Bodoy reported on the application of (1) the DEBIB
(dynamic energy budget for bivalves) model to the Thaulagoon; and
(2) a 2D ecosystem model containing a DEB shellfish model, to the
Baie de Veys in Normandy, and its use to estimate values of an
indicator that combined the rate at which shelffish removed mussels
with the local exchange rate;
Ifm-Geomar - Helmut Thetmeyer contributed to discussions;
NUE - Paul Tett introduced the ECASA WP4 modelling strategy; Enrique
Portilla proposed a scheme for model testing, and reported on the
application and testing of the dCSST eutrophication model in loch
Creran, using a Scottish adaption of FJORDENV to provide the physics;
Ana Brito introduced a dynamic model for the Ria Formosa based with
simple exchange physics but adding microphytobenthos as a consumer of
nutrient and producer of chlorophyll;
RBI - Tarzan Legovic and Marko Jusup reported the application and
testing of a hydrodynamic and particle tracking model (KK3D) to
seabream, seabass and tuna farms in Croatian waters;
PML - Anthony Hawkins reported the application and testing of the
SHELLSIM shellfish biology model at several sites, some outwith
ECASA; he also (on behalf of Joao Ferreira, who could not attend)
described the FARM farm-scale production and economic model, and the
application of EcoWin2000 to loch Creran.
SAMS - Chris Cromey reported on the application and testing of
DEPOMOD and related models at a number of Scottish sites;
UGOT - Carina Erlandsson and Anders Stigebrandt described the use of
the farm-scale MOM and the basin-scale FJORDENV model, and explained
the requirements for the data needed to apply the two models at all
ECASA semi-enclosed sites;
UVen - Roberto Pastres described the application of MG_IBM (mussel),
MACLAM (clam) and BREAMOD (bream) biology models at coastal water
sites in the northern Adriatic; Daniele Brigolin described the
combination of a sediment Early Diagenesis Model with DEPOMOD and
their application and testing in relation to a mussel farm in the
Adriatic and a salmon farm in loch Creran.
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