ECOTIP D3.1. Mechanistic, trait-based model for unicellular plankton

• Main Author: Visser, Andre W.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Arctic
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5913702; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5913702

This deliverable supplies a demonstration of the unicellular component (essentially phytoplankton, bacteria and micro zooplankton) of a generalized trait-based plankton model, and is a direct output from Task 3.1 Generalized trait-based model of plankton. It outlines and documents the scientific basis of the model and provides a list of parameters and algorithms. The deliverable includes sample output from the model. The model is validated through comparison with observations on a global scale, as well as through sensitivity analysis of parameter values. Finally, the deliverable outlines steps towards integration, in a trait-based model of the pelagic environment that explicitly simulates both the unicellular and multicellular (metazoan and fish) components.