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Modeling and Simulation of the Energy Flow Through Root Spring, Massachusetts
Author(s) -
Zalucki Myron P.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1938766
Subject(s) - spring (device) , energy flow , ecology , root (linguistics) , flux (metallurgy) , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , energy (signal processing) , geology , biology , mathematics , physics , chemistry , geotechnical engineering , statistics , linguistics , philosophy , organic chemistry , thermodynamics
Four compartment models, each postulating distinct forms of interactions among the organisms in Root Spring. Massachusetts were developed and compared. None were adequate to simulate the dynamics of energy flux in the spring. A model of the spring which adapted a detrius—processing matrix developed for stream systems, together with a more precise statement of feeding relationships, reproduced the observed data more faithfully. This model suggested that certain further information on the biology of the spring would improve understanding of its dynamics.