Object Oriented Simulator of Marine Ecosystems
Description
The multispecies and individual-based model (IBM) 'OSMOSE'
(Shin and Curry (2001) and Shin and Curry (2004) )
focuses on fish species. This model assumes opportunistic predation based on spatial co-occurrence and size
adequacy between a predator and its prey (size-based opportunistic predation). It
represents fish individuals grouped into schools, which are characterized by their
size, weight, age, taxonomy and geographical location (2D model), and which undergo
major processes of fish life cycle (growth, explicit predation, natural and starvation
mortalities, reproduction and migration) and fishing exploitation. The model needs
basic biological parameters that are often available for a wide range of species, and
which can be found in 'FishBase' for instance (see ), and fish spatial distribution data. This
package provides tools to build and run simulations using the 'OSMOSE' model.