Management
Strategy Evaluation
InVitro
InVitro is an agent based ecosystem-level management strategy
evaluation
modelling framework (Figure 1). It has been specifically designed
to consider
multiple use management questions for the marine environment.
Figure 1: MSE cycle
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Figure 2: Map of InVitro models
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To date the modelling framework has been used in a limited number
of
systems (Figure 2), principally the Northwest shelf of Australia
(Gray
et al 2005, Little et al 2005); and is now being used in a
human/ecosystem MSE system for the Ningaloo region. It has also
been
used to explore some research questions in the southeast of Australia.
Agents they are not tied to any one model type and can be drawn
from
anywhere in the classical -- individual-based spectrum. The model
being used for the Ningaloo MSE is a good example of the kind of
components that are included in a full regional scale ecosystem-level
multiple use management strategy evaluation (Figures 3, 4 and 5).
Figure 3: Components in
Ningaloo-InVitro.
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Figure 4: Foodweb used
in
Ningaloo-InVitro
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Figure
5: Example InVitro components - individual trawler searching
for a fish (representing a school or subpopulaiton in this
case) which interacts in turn with
a gridded habitat.
References
Gray, R., Fulton, E.A., Little, L.R. and Scott, R., 2006. Operating
Model
Specification Within an Agent Based Framework. North West Shelf
Joint
Environmental Management Study Technical Report ? Vol 16, CSIRO,
Hobart,
Tasmania.
Little, L.R., Fulton, E.A., Gray, R., Hayes, D., Lyne, V., Scott,
R., Sainsbury,
K., and McDonald, A.D., 2006. Multiple Use Management Strategy
Evaluation for
the North West Shelf: Results and Discussion. North West Shelf
Joint
Environmental Management Study Technical Report ? Vol 18, CSIRO,
Hobart,
Tasmania.
Last updated:
12/11/08
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