Chapter 4 Qualitative Ecosystem Modeling

As usual, course materials not in the github repository can be found in the course Google Drive course-materials folder. Everything will of course be linked to here on the website.

09/20 Introduction to Qualitative Socio-Ecological Systems Modeling

slide deck

shiny app for viewing results of lass-created model structure uncertainty exercise

09/22 Applying loop analysis for EBM

Qualitative modeling in R

4.1 Homework Assignment 2

Simulating qualitative press perturbation scenarios for network socio-ecological systems models

The R package QPress can be installed from github at https://github.com/SWotherspoon/QPress.
GF found it was easier to install directly from github via the remotes::install_github()instructions on the repository landing paged.

Reading

The below 2 papers (suggest reading the Dambacher one first) give an introduction to qualitative ecosystem modeling.

Dambacher, J.M., Li, H.W. and Rossignol, P.A., 2003. Qualitative predictions in model ecosystems. Ecological Modelling, 161(1-2), pp.79-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3800(02)00295-8

Melbourne-Thomas, J., Wotherspoon, S., Raymond, B. and Constable, A., 2012. Comprehensive evaluation of model uncertainty in qualitative network analyses. Ecological Monographs, 82(4), pp.505-519. https://doi.org/10.1890/12-0207.1

Here is an excellent short presentation by SMAST PhD Dr. Robert Wildermuth on development and application of these models to marine spatial planning in Washington State.

The following 2 papers provide good applications of the methods.

Reum, J.C., McDonald, P.S., Ferriss, B.E., Farrell, D.M., Harvey, C.J. and Levin, P.S., 2015. Qualitative network models in support of ecosystem approaches to bivalve aquaculture. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 72(8), pp.2278-2288. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsv119

Haraldsson, M., Raoux, A., Riera, F., Hay, J., Dambacher, J.M. and Niquil, N., 2020. How to model social-ecological systems?–A case study on the effects of a future offshore wind farm on the local society and ecosystem, and whether social compensation matters. Marine Policy, 119, p.104031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104031