NOAA RESTORE Science Program: ecosystem modeling to improve fisheries management in the Gulf of Mexico: model inputs and outputs for the US Gulf-wide model, 1980-01-01 to 2016-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0243116)

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This dataset is a collection of files containing the necessary inputs to, and relevant outputs from, the U.S. Gulf-wide ecosystem model, developed using the Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) modeling software package. The spatial extent of the model is 25°-30.5° N and -81° to -97.3° W and hindcast simulations were run in Ecosim from 1980 (the Ecopath snapshot year) to 2016 at a monthly timestep. Input parameters for Ecopath include biomass, consumption, mortality, diet, landings, and discards for 78 functional groups included in the model. Each input or output parameter type is included as its own csv file with informative names.

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describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nodc:0243116
issued	2021-12-05T00:00:00.000+00:00
landingPage	https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
language	[]
references	[ "https://doi.org/10.25923/zj8t-e656", "https://doi.org/10.1080/19425120.2014.966216", "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2003.09.003", "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.01.009", "https://doi.org/10.1080/19425120.2015.1091412", "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.11.001", "https://seamap.gsmfc.org/index.php", "https://doi.org/10.25921/t26e-wj91", "https://restoreactscienceprogram.noaa.gov/projects/fisheries-ecosystem-models" ]
rights	otherRestrictions
spatial	-80.9,24.9,-97.3,30.5
temporal	1980-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2016-12-31T00:00:00+00:00