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Scope and limitation in algal modelling – an example from the Thames Valley reservoirs

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Major aspects of algal modelling are defined.Prediction and explanation are suggested as mainobjectives. Examples of the development and use ofshort-term prediction and more general explanatoryalgal models for reservoirs are given. It is concludedthat good prediction and explanation are not likely tobe simultaneously achievable. Possible means ofassessing the capabilities of ecosystem models andmodelling are considered. Some suggestions as to howthe present situation may be coped with, and improved,are proposed.

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Steel, J.A. Scope and limitation in algal modelling – an example from the Thames Valley reservoirs. Hydrobiologia 349, 27–37 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003025026764

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