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The importance of physical and biotic scaling to the experimental simulation of a coastal marine ecosystem |
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| Authors: | K T Perez G M Morrison N F Lackie C A Oviatt S W Nixon B A Buckley J F Heltshe |
| Institution: | 1. Environmental Protection Agency, Narragansett, Rhode Island, USA 3. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, Rhode Island, USA 4. Department of Computer Science and Experimental Statistics, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA |
| Abstract: | A marine microcosm, consisting of a pelagic phase interacting with a benthic phase, is described. Variations in water turnover, turbulence, incident radiation and ratio of pelagic volume to benthic surface area are shown to have significant effects on the behavior of these microcosms. It is argued that the inclusion and accurate simulation of appropriate levels of these variables is important in microcosm studies designed to study the dynamics of natural systems. |
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