Ecopath with Ecosim as a model-building toolbox: Source code capabilities, extensions, and variations

J. Steenbeek 1 Joe Buszowski 1 Villy Christensen 2 Ekin Akoglu 3 Kerim Aydin 4 Nick Ellis 5 D. Felinto 6 Jérôme Guitton 7 Sean Lucey 8 Kelly Kearney 9 S. Mackinson 10 Mike Pan 11 Mark Platts 12 Carl Walters 11
1 Ecopath International Initiative Research Association
2 UBC - University of British Columbia
3 OGS - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e di Oceanografia Sperimentale
4 AFSC - Alaska Fisheries Science Center
5 CSIRO Energy Technology - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Energy Technology
6 UFP - Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
7 ESE - Écologie et santé des écosystèmes
8 NEFSC - Northeast Fisheries Science Center
9 Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Oceans
10 CEFAS - Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
11 Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia
12 CEFAS - Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science [Lowestoft]
Abstract : Ecopath with Ecosim (EWE) is a widely applied food web model that is mostly known as desktop software for the Microsoft Windows platform. The freely available Microsoft.NET source code of EwE, however, provides a range of possibilities to use the model in different ways, to customize and extend the model, and to execute the model on different operating systems. We provide an overview of the EwE source code, its philosophy, and its technical capabilities, targeted to model builders and advanced users of the EwE software. We showcase novel scientific applications of the EwE model that have been facilitated because of the modular approach of the system. We also present three additional versions of EwE that have been written in different computer languages for dedicated purposes. Lastly, we provide an entry point for users for obtaining and using the source code for custom purposes.
Keywords : Environmental Sciences & Ecology gulf systems impacts pacific dynamics ecosystems management options exploited Food web model Ecopath with Ecosim Ecosystem Fisheries Open source software Model interoperability food-web model marine protected areas
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J. Steenbeek, Joe Buszowski, Villy Christensen, Ekin Akoglu, Kerim Aydin, et al.. Ecopath with Ecosim as a model-building toolbox: Source code capabilities, extensions, and variations. Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, 2016, 319, pp.178-189. ⟨10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.06.031⟩. ⟨hal-01558430⟩

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