Castles built on sand : dysfunctionality in plankton models and the inadequacy of dialogue between biologists and modellers

By Kevin J. Flynn. 2005

171 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, Pollution

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In Environmental Chemistry

1. P. Glibert
2. J. Burkholder
3. W. Cochlan
4. C. Gobler
5. D. Anderson
6. Aditee Mitra
7. C. Heil
8. Peter Franks

In Oceanography

1. P. Glibert
2. J. Burkholder
3. Aditee Mitra
4. C. Gobler
5. W. Cochlan
6. D. Anderson
7. C. Heil
8. Peter Franks

In Pollution

1. Aditee Mitra
2. Peter Franks
3. P. Glibert
4. J. Burkholder
5. Michael W. Lomas
6. Kevin J. Flynn
7. C. Heil
8. W. Cochlan

Citations in the corpus

• Prochlorococcus contributes to new production in the Sargasso Sea deep chlorophyll maximum (2007, background): “However, our ability to properly integrate these boxes into ocean biogeochemical models is still in its infancy due to a paucity of biogeochemical ecology data [Anderson, 2005; Flynn, 2005], such as presented in this manuscript.”
• Eutrophication and Harmful Algal Blooms: A Scientific Consensus (2008, background): “The development of explicit, reliable model predictions still needed formost HABs will require significant data on the species of interest aswell as the environmental conditions (Flynn, 2002, 2005).”
• End-To-End Models for the Analysis of Marine Ecosystems: Challenges, Issues, and Next Steps (2010, unknown): “However, recent advances in physical and LTL modeling have partially shifted the emphasis from inadequate modeling methods to the lack of appropriate data for parameterization and validation (see Anderson 2005; Flynn 2005).”
• Building the “perfect beast”: modelling mixotrophic plankton (2009, methodology): “Without doubt a great challenge is the parameterization of models of mixotrophs, a situation which is even greater than that for phytoplankton and microzooplankton (Flynn, 2005b).”
• Planktonic ecosystem models: perplexing parameterizations and a failure to fail (2009, background): “Unfortunately, there is a fundamental disconnect between what is measured and what is modeled: we do not model what we measure, and we do not measure what we model (see also Flynn, 2005).”
• Current understanding of Phaeocystis ecology and biogeochemistry, and perspectives for future research (2007, background): “While empiricists and modelers often speak diVerent languages (Anderson 2005; Flynn 2005), the eVort to design and implement such models can integrate research and teach us more about ecosystems than the outcomes or predictions of the models themselves.”