SEASIM-NEAM: a spatially-explicit agent-based SIMulator of North East Atlantic mackerel population dynamics

Boyd, R., Walker, N., Hyder, K., Thorpe, R., Roy, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2543-924X and Sibly, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6828-3543 (2020) SEASIM-NEAM: a spatially-explicit agent-based SIMulator of North East Atlantic mackerel population dynamics. MethodsX, 7. 101044. ISSN 2215-0161 doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2020.101044

Abstract/Summary

In 2018 we published a spatially-explicit individual-based model (IBM) that uses satellite-derived maps of food availability and temperature to predict Northeast Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus, NEAM) population dynamics. Since then, to address various ecological questions, we have extended the IBM to include additional processes and data. Throughout its development, technical documents have been provided in the form of e.g. supplementary information to published articles. However, we acknowledge that it would be difficult for potential users to collate information from separate supplementary documents and gain a full understanding of the current state of the IBM. Here, we provide a full technical specification of the latest version of our IBM. The technical specification is provided in the standard ODD (Overview, Design concepts and Details) format, and supplemented by a TRACE (TRAnsparent and Comprehensive model Evaludation) document. For the first time, we give our model the acronym SEASIM-NEAM: a Spatially-Explicit Agent-based SIMulator of North East Atlantic Mackerel population dynamics. This article supersedes previous documentation. Going forward we hope that this article will stimulate development of similar models. This article collates improvements that have been made to SEASIM-NEAM over time.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/92977
Identification Number/DOI	10.1016/j.mex.2020.101044
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Department of Geography and Environmental Science Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences > Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Publisher	Elsevier
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