The Zooplankton Model of Size Spectra (ZooMSS) is a functional size-spectrum model of the marine ecosystem (following Heneghan et al. 2020, 2023) to resolve phytoplankton, nine zooplankton functional groups (heterotrophic flagellates and ciliates, omnivorous and carnivorous copepods, larvaceans, euphausiids, salps, chaetognaths and jellyfish) and three size-based fish groups. Zooplankton functional groups are resolved using their body-size ranges, size- based feeding characteristics and carbon content, and the zooplankton community emerges from the model across global environmental gradients, depending on the functional traits of the different groups.
Information for the model ZooMSS is provided for the simulation rounds shown in the tabs below. Click on the appropriate tab to get the information for the simulation round you are interested in.
