@article{booth_ecopath_2020,

title = {An Ecopath with Ecosim model for the Pacific coast of eastern Japan: Describing the marine environment and its fisheries prior to the Great East Japan earthquake},

author = {S. Booth and W. J. Walters and J. Steenbeek and V. Christensen and S. Charmasson},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-01-01},

urldate = {2020-01-01},

journal = {Ecological Modelling},

volume = {428},

pages = {109087},

note = {Publisher: Elsevier},

keywords = {contaminant tracing, Ecospace, fisheries, historical changes, Japan, regional study},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{piroddi_historical_2017,

title = {Historical changes of the Mediterranean Sea ecosystem: modelling the role and impact of primary productivity and fisheries changes over time},

author = {C. Piroddi and M. Coll and C. Liquete and D. Macias and K. Greer and J. Buszowski and J. Steenbeek and R. Danovaro and V. Christensen},

url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5349533/},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-01-01},

urldate = {2017-01-01},

journal = {Scientific Reports},

volume = {7},

keywords = {climate change impacts, fisheries, historical changes, Mediterranean Sea},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{lewis_employing_2016,

title = {Employing ecosystem models and geographic information systems (GIS) to investigate the response of changing marsh edge on historical biomass of estuarine nekton in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, USA},

author = {K. A. Lewis and K. de Mutsert and J. Steenbeek and H. Peele and J. H. Cowan and J. Buszowski},

url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380016300059},

doi = {10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.01.017},

issn = {0304-3800},

year  = {2016},

date = {2016-01-01},

urldate = {2016-01-01},

journal = {Ecological Modelling},

volume = {331},

number = {Supplement C},

pages = {129--141},

series = {Ecopath 30 years \textendash Modelling ecosystem dynamics: beyond boundaries with EwE},

abstract = {Louisiana's coastal ecosystem has a long historical record of productive fisheries. Even in light of the multiple perturbations experienced in this region, fish and shellfish landings have remained stable or increasing. These disturbances have resulted in many unforeseen ecological consequences; one such consequence is the loss of marsh vegetation in southern Louisiana (LA). Marsh habitats are thought to function as nursery habitats for post-larval and juvenile fishes, providing both refuge from predation and increased foraging opportunities. As the loss of marsh appeared to have a null effect on fish and shellfish yields, there evolved a hypothesis that described a positive effect on nekton production; increasing marsh edge distance during marsh degradation provides a potential short-term increase in marsh access for organisms. Here we used Geographic Information System (GIS) data to determine the patterns of marsh loss over a 10 year period and to create marsh edge maps for further analysis in an ecosystem model. We used the ecosystem model Ecopath with Ecosim and Ecospace (EwE) to determine if a suitable response mechanism between estuarine organisms and marsh edge distance could be developed. The scenario analysis of multiple theoretical response functions showed Ecospace's ability to model changing habitat and environmental variables over time and space. More specifically, while the results of this modeling effort revealed species-specific responses to marsh edge, the association between nekton and marsh edge may not be as tightly coupled as once thought in coastal LA.},

keywords = {Ecospace, fisheries, GIS, GIS, historical changes, land loss, marsh edge, Mississippi, niche modelling},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}