A Lagrangian tool for modelling ichthyoplankton dynamics.

Christophe Lett (1) , Philippe Verley (2, 3) , Christian Mullon (3) , Carolina Parada (4) , Timothée Brochier (3) , Pierrick Penven (2) , Bruno Blanke (2)

1 UR GEODES
2 LPO - Laboratoire de physique des océans
3 UR 097 ECO-UP
4 SAFS

Ichthyop is a free Java tool designed to study the effects of physical and biological factors on ichthyoplankton dynamics. It incorporates the most important processes involved in fish early life: spawning, movement, growth, mortality and recruitment. The tool uses as input time series of velocity, temperature and salinity fields archived from ROMS or MARS oceanic models. It runs with a user-friendly graphic interface and generates output files that can be post-processed easily using graphic and statistical software.

Keywords: Ichthyop; Biophysical model; Lagrangian model; Individual-based model; Particle tracking; Fish early life; Fish eggs and larvae; Transport

Domains: Oceanography

Christophe Lett, Philippe Verley, Christian Mullon, Carolina Parada, Timothée Brochier, et al.. A Lagrangian tool for modelling ichthyoplankton dynamics.. Environmental Modelling and Software, 2008, 23 (9), pp.1210-1214. ⟨10.1016/j.envsoft.2008.02.005⟩. ⟨hal-00405768⟩