Data-driven, basin-scale, modelling of the abundance and demography of Calanus finmarchicus in the North Atlantic

This study is designed to elucidate the relationship between
oceanic circulation and the abundance of Calanus finmarchicus
over its whole North Atlantic range. Capitalising and extending
on our successful spin-up project (GR02/2749) we shall use
automatic optimisation to fit a series of process-based
demographic models to existing and projected abundance data.
Formal statistical methods will be used to evaluate the relative
goodness of fit generated by models embodying competing hypotheses,
thus allowing us to distinguish between them.