1. General Model Information
Name: Laguna
Acronym: LAGUNA
Main medium: aquatic
Main subject: biogeochemistry
Organization level: Ecosystem, Population
Type of model: ordinary differential equations
Main application: research, decision support/expert system
Keywords: Coastal lagoons, plankton dynamics, dissolved oxygen
Contact:
Vincent Hull
Laboratorio Centrale di Idrobiologia
Via del Caravaggio, 107, Rome
Italy
Phone: +39 065135544
Fax:
email: hull@inea.it
Author(s):
Vincent Hull and Margherita Falcucci
Abstract:
Laguna simulates forcing functions (water temperature, solar radiation (PAR)
and wind. Then the living populations (phyto and zooplankton, aerobic and
anaerobic bacteria) are simualted with nutrients and dissolved oxygen.
II. Technical Information
II.1 Executables:
Operating System(s): windows on request to vincent.hull@entecra.it
II.2 Source-code:
Programming Language(s): on request to vincent.hull@entecra.it VisualBasic
II.3 Manuals:
Help files and pop-ups
II.4 Data:
input data are subroutines of the model
III. Mathematical Information
III.1 Mathematics
III.2 Quantities
III.2.1 Input
III.2.2 Output
IV. References
Hull V., Mocenni C., Falcucci M., Marchettini N. (2000), A trophodynamic model for the lagoon of Fogliano (Italy) with ecological dependent modifying parameters. Ecol. Mod. 134, 153-167.
V. Further information in the World-Wide-Web
VI. Additional remarks
Last review of this document by: : Fri Sep 9 13:14:36 2005
Status of the document: Contributed by Vincent Hull
last modified by
Joachim Benz Tue Dec 13 10:46:08 CET 2005